Investigation the Effect of Diet Propolis Supplementation on Arian Broiler Chicks Metabolism Performance
Subject Areas : Journal of Animal Biologyساسان خجسته شلمانی 1 , مصطفی تاتینا 2
1 - گروه علوم دامی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد آستارا، آستارا، ایران
2 - گروه شیلات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد آستارا، آستارا، ایران
Keywords: Propolis, broilers, Arian,
Abstract :
To study the effect of Alcoholic Extract of Propolis on Aian broiler chicks performance , an experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design with 6 treatments (different levels of propolis including 0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 mg/kg diet) for 6 weeks.Weight gain , feed consumption , feed conversion ratio and mortality rate were compared statistically. Results indicated that in all periods, average feed consumption, weight gain , feed conversion ratio were significantly higher for propolis fed birds and inclusion of propolis also reduced mortality rate in comparison to control diet.