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Prospects of royal jelly as a potential natural feed additive in poultry diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2018

M. SAEED ,
S.A. KALHORO ,
M. NAVEED ,
F.U. HASSAN ,
M. UMAR ,
M. RASHID ,
S.A. MEMON ,
F. SOOMRO ,
M.A. ARAIN Open the ORCID record for M.A. ARAIN [Opens in a new window]  and
S. CHAO
M. SAEED
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China, 712100
S.A. KALHORO
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, 3800 Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
M. NAVEED
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Province, 211198, PRChina
F.U. HASSAN
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
M. UMAR
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, 3800, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
M. RASHID
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, 3800 Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
S.A. MEMON
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, 3800 Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
F. SOOMRO
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary parasitology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan
M.A. ARAIN
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, 3800, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
S. CHAO*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China, 712100
*
Corresponding author: [email protected]
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Abstract

Royal Jelly (RJ) is product from bees that is used to feed larvae in the hive as well as a main nutritional source for the queen honey bee. It has various important biological activities including as an antioxidant, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, cholesterol-lowering, and growth promoter activities and has the ability for inhibition of certain enzymatic degradation. It can be used for the improvement of growth performance, gut health and quality and safety of animal products in poultry due to its antioxidant and immune modulating properties. The antioxidant activity of RJ is mainly due to the presence of polyphenolic compounds. It is an excellent source of B and C vitamins and folic acid. The mineral profile of RJ is useful as it contains major macro and micro minerals. Studies conducted on supplementation with RJ in poultry diets have shown a significant increase in body weight, egg production, and immune levels and is especially useful in organic production. Supplementation of RJ at the level of 10 and 15 mg/kg in layer diets positively influenced egg weight (by 5.0% and 4.8% respectively), egg production (10.5% and 11.0% respectively), weight gain of hens (7.0% and 6.5% respectively) and yolk pigmentation (9.5% and 9.7% respectively). Total leukocyte and erythrocyte counts in the diet containing 200 mg/kg RJ were significantly higher than the diet contained 100 mg/kg or the unsupplemented control group. However, the heterophil/lymphocyte ratio and heterophil percent were reduced in RJ-fed groups. Supplementing poultry diets with RJ offers an opportunity to maximise profit from safe and high quality poultry production.

Keywords

royal jellyfeed additivegrowth promotermeat qualityantimicrobialpoultry nutrition
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Review
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 499 - 508
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Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2018 

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