Conference paper
USAGE OF PROPOLIS IN CHICKEN FEEDING: IS THERE POTENTIAL FOR CREATION OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD?
Maja Miškulin
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Ivana Prakatur
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Osijek, Croa-tia
Ivan Miškulin
orcid.org/0000-0001-7238-2341
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Dalida Galović
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Osijek, Croa-tia
Danijela Samac
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Osijek, Croa-tia
Matija Domaćinović
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Osijek, Croa-tia
Abstract
Due to its properties, propolis is considered a functional food. Since the use of propolis in the human diet is restricted, it needs to be increased by consumption of propolis enriched foodstuffs that are common in the diet such as chicken meat. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of die-tary supplementation with propolis on the chickens’ body weight, the carcass body weight of slaugh-tered chickens and carcass yield as well as carcass body parts weight (breasts, drumsticks with thighs, backs with pelvis, wings and necks) as indicators of the use of propolis in the feeding of chickens and the possible production of enriched chicken meat. The study was conducted on 180 Ross 308 chickens equally distributed by sex and divided into three groups: the control group of chickens (C) fed with a basal diet and two experimental groups of chickens (E) fed with the same diet supplemented with propolis (E1 2 g/kg and E2 4 g/kg). The study showed that there were no statistically significant dif-ferences between C and E considering body weights and feed consumption in any week of the feeding trial. Study further revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in carcass body weights of slaughtered chickens, carcass yields and carcass body parts weight between C and E. It can be con-cluded that propolis addition did not result in statistically significant differences in evaluated perfor-mance indicators of chickens. In order to better evaluate the possibility of creation of the propolis en-riched chicken meat analysis of different parameters are needed.
Keywords
propolis; chicken feeding; enriched chicken meat; functional food
Hrčak ID:
233009
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Publication date:
31.12.2019.
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