INFLUENCE OF SOME HONEY BEE PRODUCTS AND GROWTH PROMOTERS ON IMMUNOLOGICAL AND PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE IN BROILER CHICKENS

Abstract

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of bee products (propolis, bee-pollen and bee-venom) and a growth promoter on immunological and productive performance in broiler chickens. A total of 408 straight-run one week old, Cobb 500 broilers were randomly divided into 8 experimental treatments (3 replicate, 17 chicks each). The first treatment was fed basal diet without any additives and served as a control. The second treatment was fed the basal diet supplemented with the growth promoter Biox-Y® 500 mg per kg of diet. The third and the fourth treatments were fed basal diet supplemented with propolis (200 or 400 mg/kg diet). The fifth and the sixth treatments were fed basal diet supplemented with bee-pollen (1000 or 2000 mg/kg diet).