Honeybee and Plant Products as Natural Antimicrobials in Enhancement of Poultry Health and Production

Abstract

The quality and safety attributes of poultry products have attracted increasing widespread attention and interest from scholarly groups and the general population. As natural and safe alternatives to synthetic and artificial chemical drugs (e.g., antibiotics), botanical products are recently being used in poultry farms more than 60% of the time for producing organic products. Medicinal plants, and honeybee products, are natural substances, and they were added to poultry diets in a small amount (between 1% and 3%) as a source of nutrition and to provide health benefits for poultry. In addition, they have several biological functions in the poultry body and may help to enhance their welfare. These supplements can increase the bodyweight of broilers and the egg production of laying hens by approximately 7% and 10% and enhance meat and egg quality by more than 25%. Moreover, they can improve rooster semen quality by an average of 20%. Previous research on the main biological activities performed by biotics has shown that most research only concentrated on the notion of using botanical products as growth promoters, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial agents. In the current review, the critical effects and functions of bee products and botanicals are explored as natural and safe alternative feed additives in poultry production, such as antioxidants, sexual-stimulants, immuno-stimulants, and for producing healthy products.

Current and future interventions for improving poultry health and poultry food safety and security: A comprehensive review

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Evaluation des Doses Variables du Miel Local de Apis Mellifera adansonii Latr. 1789 du Congo sur les Performances Zootechniques des Poulets de Chair standard

“…Ces performances confirment les travaux d 'Obun et al, (2008) qui ont limité le taux du miel à 1% à la phase de finition. Il sont également en accord avec ceux du tableau de bord du poulet de chair standard (Lika et al, 2021). Par contre, le GMQ et l'IC ont été dépréciés quand le miel a été incorporé à 4%.…”

“…La mortalité étant l'un des facteurs qui freinent l'épanouissement de l'élevage avicole, l'incorporation du miel 'à 4% a engendré des taux de mortalité élevés. En se référant aux travaux effectués sous les tropiques, le taux de mortalité du lot traité en dessous de la norme universelle de 5% est acceptable en aviculture comme l'indiquent Lika et al, (2021).…”

Probiotic potential and anti-quorum sensing activity of Enterococcus faecalis and Lactobacillus kunkeei isolates from Apis mellifera

“…Bees need the nectar of flowers as food to survive, while plants need pollen to spread their pollen and thus reproduce. In pollination, this task mostly falls on the bees (Aslan et al 2016;Lika et al 2021;Puvača 2018). It has been shown that the diversity of microorganisms composing the gastrointestinal system (GIS) of the honey bee is different from other living organisms.…”