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The influence of propolis and/or bee pollen supplementation on the chicken meat quality

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of dietary supplementation with propolis and/or bee pollen on the chicken meat quality evaluated through breast muscle pH value measured 45 minutes (pH1) and 24 hours post mortem (pH2), drip loss of the breast muscle and its color (L*, a*, b*). The study was conducted on 200 Ross 308 chickens equally distributed by sex and divided into five groups. Throughout the whole study, the control group of chickens was fed with a basal diet, while the experimental groups of chickens were fed with the same diet supplemented with propolis and/or bee pollen, each supplement given separately or in combination in a certain proportion. The study showed that there were no statistically significant differences between control group and experimental groups of chickens considering pH1 (p=0.567) and pH2 (p=0.153), while there was statistically significant difference between groups considering drip loss (p=0.003). Study further revealed that there was statistically significant difference in b* breast muscle color (p<0.001) between control group and experimental groups of chickens while there were no statistically significant differences in L* and a* breast muscle color (p=0.482 and p=0.319, respectively). Tested supplementation has positive influence on chicken meat quality.

propolis ; bee pollen ; chicken breast meat ; chicken feeding

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