Beneficial impacts of bee pollen in animal production, reproduction and health

• Published in: Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 477 - 484
• Main Authors: Abdelnour, Sameh A., Abd El‐Hack, Mohamed E., Alagawany, Mahmoud, Farag, Mayada R., Elnesr, Shaaban S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2019
• Subjects: adverse effects; Animal production; Antioxidants; bee pollen; birds; Blood; blood parameters; Cell proliferation; Diet; Feed additives; glycemic effect; growth; growth performance; immune response; Immune system; Immunity; Lipids; Livestock; medicine; Nutrients; physiological state; Pollen; productive traits; reproduction; Side effects; therapeutics; tissue repair; Wound healing; growth; immunity; blood parameters; productive traits; bee pollen; livestock
• ISSN: 0931-2439; 1439-0396; 1439-0396
• DOI: 10.1111/jpn.13049

Bee pollen (BP) is one of the most useful therapeutic products favoured by natural medicine scientists because of its possible nutritional and medical applications. It exhibits many impacts such as antimicrobial, immunostimulating, antioxidants and hepatoprotective. Furthermore, BP has some useful therapeutic features in numerous pathological situations such as its impact to normalize wound healing. Based on previous literatures, the level of BP supplement in livestock and poultry ranged from 0.1 to 20 g/kg diet. This variation depends on the species, physiological status, age and purpose of addition; so far generally, it accepted to use the level with no side effects. It has been observed that BP enhanced growth performance, immunity responses and blood variables and had hypoglycaemic activity by reducing the lipid in the blood and carcass. Also, BP contains more nutrients, which stimulate faster differentiation and proliferation of the cells of immune system of birds. Therefore, the present review recommends that BP supplementation (up to 20 g/kg diet) had possible beneficial impacts, antioxidants and protective activities on most of the production, productive and health patterns of livestock.