Pinar Tatli Seven
University of Firat
Turkey
Title: The effects of propolis and royal jelly supplementation in diet on performance, egg characterizations, lipid peroxidation, antioxidan enzyme activity and mineral levels in Japanese quails
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Biography: Pinar Tatli Seven
Abstract
Thisstudywasconductedtodeterminetheeffects of Propolis (P) andRoyalJelly (RJ) supplementation in diet on performance, eggcharacterizations, lipidperoxidation, antioxidanenzymeactivityand mineral levels in Japanesequails (Coturnixcoturnixjaponica). Forthisaim, a total of 216 Japanesequails of 43 days of agewereused. Theexperimentalgroups as follows: group1 (Control) wasfeed a basaldiet, group2 (propolis) wasfeed a basaldietsupplementedwith 4gr propolis/kgdiet, group3 (royaljelly)wasfeed a basaldietand500 mg/kg bwroyaljellygivenorally.Theeffect of royaljelly on the final body weightwasfoundto be significant (P<0.05). Feedconversion rate (FCR)wassignificantlyimproved in thepropolisgroupas comparedwithroyaljellygroup(P<0.05). Eggcharacteristicswerefoundhighest in thepropolisgroup in terms of shellweight (P<0.01), shellthickness (P<0.05) andshell rate (P<0.05) as comparedwithothergroups. Malondialdehyde levels in liver of allgroupssimilarfound(P> 0.05). Liversuperoxidedismutaseandcatalaseenzymeactivitiesof propolisgroupwerefoundsignificantly (P<0.05) higherthanthose of othergroupswhereasreducedglutathioneandglutathioneperoxidaseactivitieswerefoundhigher in royaljellygroup (P<0.05).Significantlyhigherlevels of Ca (P<0.05)werefound in serum of thepropolisgroupwhereasthose of Cu, Zn, Mg levelsweresimilar in allgroups.Theresults of thecurrentstudyshowedthatpropolissupplementationto4gr propolis/kg in quailsdietthemoreimprovedtoFCR, serum Calevelandantioxidantstatusthanthose ofroyaljellysupplementation 500 mg/kg bwquail.