Effect of Bee Bread on Growth Performance of Janapese Quails (Coturnix Japonica)

Abstract

Bee bread is a product from the beehive which has unique properties and offers not only well absorbed nutrients such as fat, carbohydrates, and protein, due to the process of fermentation, but also whole spectrum of bioactive compounds. Bee products such as honey, bee venom, royal jelly is widely studied, but bee bread has not been well studied yet and there is a space for further experiments to study its impact. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect on the growth performance of Japanese quails by adding bee bread into feeding mixture. Japanese quails (n = 80) were divided into four groups according to administered bee bread into feed mixture HYD 11, which was given ad libitum, as follows: P1 (n = 20) 2 g.kg -1 of bee bread, P2 (n = 20) 4 g.kg -1 , P3 (n = 20) 6 g.kg -1 , and the control without additives (n =20). The groups were kept under the same conditions. Data were collected from three weighing done on KERN PLE 4200-2N (Kern & Sohn, Germany) on the 1st day, when they were put into cages, then on the 28th day, and on the 56th day. A significant increase in weight (P ≤ 0.05) on 28 th day in group P1 compared with control group K was noticed. As a result of the research, we can conclude that bee bread has a significant (P ≤ 0.05) effect on elevating growth performance by addition 2 g.kg -1 of bee bread into feeding mixture. The effect of bee bread on growth performance shows positive impact, nevertheless, the results can be used for further examination.