Apilarnil reduces fear and advances sexual development in male broilers but has no effect on growth

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dc.contributor.authorAltan, O.
dc.contributor.authorYucel, B.
dc.contributor.authorAcikgoz, Z.
dc.contributor.authorSeremet, C.
dc.contributor.authorKosoglu, M.
dc.contributor.authorTurgan, N.
dc.contributor.authorOzgonul, A. M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T21:52:03Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T21:52:03Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstract1. An experiment was conducted to determine the possibility of stimulating sexual development at an early age in male and female broiler chickens by administration of apilarnil, a natural bee product, in the pre-pubertal period. 2. From 28 to 55 d of age, birds were given apilarnil orally. The effects of low (2.5 g/bird) and high (7.5 g/bird) doses of apilarnil on growth performance, testicular weight, secondary sexual characteristics, blood lipids, testosterone and fearful behaviour were evaluated. 3. Apilarnil administration did not cause a positive effect on growth performance of male and female broilers suggesting that apilarnil did not have an anabolic effect. 4. Apilarnil administration suppressed blood glucose and cholesterol. 5. Birds receiving apilarnil remained immobile for a shorter period in a tonic imobiliy test and showed less home-cage avoidance responses suggesting a lower level of fearfulness. 6. Increases in testicular weight, testosterone concentration and comb growth in males receiving apilarnil implied that it stimulates the sexual maturation at an early age. However, a similar stimulation of secondary sexual characteristics was not observed in females.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Projects Committee at Ege UniversityEge University [2003-ZRF-024]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the Scientific Research Projects Committee at Ege University Project number (2003-ZRF-024). We wish to thank Ozlem Agricultural Product A.S. for providing broiler chickens and Keskinoglu Group for supplying feed materials.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00071668.2013.791382en_US
dc.identifier.endpage361en_US
dc.identifier.issn0007-1668
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid23796118en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage355en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2013.791382
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/47467
dc.identifier.volume54en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000320864100011en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Poultry Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.titleApilarnil reduces fear and advances sexual development in male broilers but has no effect on growthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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