Effects of bee pollen and propolis on performance, mortality, and some haematological blood parameters in broiler chickens

Autor: Ivan Miškulin, Matija Domaćinović, Ksenija Paradinović, Vatroslav Šerić, Mirela Pavić, Ivana Klarić
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Slovenian veterinary research
Popis: This experimental study aimed to determine how propolis and bee pollen (each supplement separately or in combination in a certain proportion), as additives to broiler feed, affect performance, mortality and the values of the selected haematological blood parameters in chickens. This experimental study was conducted on 200 Ross 308 chickens of equally distributed sex, which were randomly divided into five groups. Throughout the whole study, the control group of chickens was fed ordinary feed mixture, while the feed mixture that was fed to the experimental groups of chickens contained propolis and/or bee pollen. The average values of body weight of chickens were significantly higher on the 1st (P=0.001), 2nd-5th (P
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