Table 2.

Summarizes the main results of applying bee products at varied methods and doses on poultry and rabbits.

Bee Products	Administration and Dose	Main Results	References
Propolis	Supplemented at the level of 300 mg/kg of diet	Improves growth performance, antioxidative capacity, and immune response of chickens.	[35]
	Added at the level of 250–500 mg/kg of diet	Lowers the colonization of Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli in the cecum and enhances the immunological response of growing rabbits.	[36]
	Administered at the level of 50 μL/kg of body weight	Serves as a natural growth promoter and prevents coccidiosis for growing rabbits.	[37]
Pollen	Administered at the level of 5 g/kg of diet	Improves quail males’ growth performance and body weight gain.	[38]
		Boosts quail hens’ egg production and immunological response.	[39]
	Added at the level of 30 g/kg of quail male diets	Increases body weight and testosterone levels as well as improves reproductive efficiency of quails.	[40]
	Supplemented at the level of 2 g/kg of diet	Decreases feed intake and plasma LDL-cholesterol level as well as improves feed conversion ratio of chickens.	[29]
	Included as an oral supplement at the level of 250 or 350 mg/kg of body weight	Improves growing rabbits’blood biochemical parameters (total protein, T3, and IGF-1), feed conversion ratio, and immunity.	[41]
Royal Jelly	Administered at the level of 100–200 mg/kg of diet	Increases laying hen–day egg production rate.	[42]
	Administered at the level of 150 mg/kg of body weight	Improves rabbits’ physiological status including liver and kidney functions and prevents summer infertility.	[43]
	Administered at the level of 200 mg/kg of diet	Maximizes profits from safe and high-quality products of chickens.	[9]
Venom	Added at the level of 2 mg/L of water	Decreases feed intake and plasma LDL-cholesterol level as well as improves feed conversion ratio of chickens.	[29]
	Administered in drinking water up to 2 mg/L	Boosts body weight, dressing percentage, carcass quality, and immunity of broilers.	[44]
	Added at 2, 4, and 8 mg/kg body weight/day in drinking water	Improves feed conversion rate by reducing feed intake and increasing body weight of rabbits.	[45]
	Injecting 0.3 mg/rabbit twice weekly	Improves bucks’ semen quality, blood biochemical parameters, antioxidant capacity, and immune response.	[46]
	Injecting 0.3 mg/rabbit twice weekly	Enhances rabbit does’ reproductive behavior and efficiency as well as liver and kidney functions.	[47]
	Injecting up to 2 mg/kg of body weight/day	Improves antioxidant status, immunity, and bacterial count in the hindgut of weaning rabbits.	[48]
	Injected at 0.3 mg/rabbit twice a week from 5 to 10 weeks of age	Improves feed conversion ratio, body weight, and carcass quality of growing rabbits.	[49]
	In ovo injection of 10 µg of melittin/egg on day 18 of incubation	Increases the post-hatch chick’s weight and enhances the immunological indices.	[12]