Bee pollen is a raw material produced by bees which serves as the basic protein source for the bee colony and a source of nutritional and mineral substances for royal jelly produced by worker bees.
Poultry Specific Studies
| Type | Plant Part | Dosage | Specific use | Results | Ref |
|---|
| Chicks | powder | up to 12 g/kg of feed | GI health | Beneficial for gut morphology. | M Nemauluma et al., 2023 |
| Chickens | powder | 1 g/kg diet | antioxidant, immunity | increased total antioxidant capacity and superoxide dismutase activity. Enhanced leukocyte viability, lymphocyte proliferation, immunoglobulin concentration, and humoral and cellular immunity. | S Al-Kahtani et al., 2022 |
| Chickens | powder | | GI health | had a significantly positive effect on the occurrence of beneficial and pathogenic microorganisms in the contents of the crop. | I Prakatur et al., 2022 |
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