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Effect of Brazilian red propolis administration on hematological, biochemical variables and parasitic response of Santa Inês ewes during and after flushing period

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Brazilian red propolis was administered orally to Santa Inês ewes, and evaluation was made of general health and hematological, biochemical, and parasitic responses during and after flushing. Thirty mature, nonlactating, nonpregnant Santa Inês ewes (40 ± 2 kg and 2.5 years old) were grazing tropical pasture (Brachiaria decumbens and Pennisetum purpureum) and, as flushing after synchronization, were supplemented with a concentrate–roughage mixture at a rate of 4 % body weight (BW). Ewes were divided according to BW and fecal egg count (FEC) into two groups (n = 15 each): control and propolis that received propolis ethanolic extract at rates of, respectively, 0 and 3 g/ewe/day. The treatments lasted 21 days until the end of flushing period. BW and body condition score (BCS) were recorded, and blood and fecal samples were taken weekly for 8 weeks. Mean values of BW and BCS were not (P > 0.05) affected by propolis administration. Propolis increased (P < 0.01) total leukocytes (WBC), but no significant differences were observed for other hematological parameters. Propolis increased (P < 0.01) total protein and globulin concentrations and decreased (P < 0.01) triglycerides, glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase, and glutamate pyruvate transaminase. Propolis decreased (P < 0.05) FEC. Propolis administration had good impact on ewe health and may be a promising feed additive during critical periods such as flushing.

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The authors are grateful to Mr. Alessandro Esteves for providing the propolis samples and to the Third World of Academic Science (TWAS) and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for their financial foundation.

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  1. Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Amr S. Morsy, Adibe L. Abdalla, Yosra A. Soltan & Helder Louvandini

  2. Agriculture Research Centre, Animal Production Research Institute, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

    Amr S. Morsy

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Yosra A. Soltan, Sobhy M. A. Sallam & Kheir El-Din M. El-Azrak

  4. College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Severino M. Alencar

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Morsy, A.S., Abdalla, A.L., Soltan, Y.A. et al. Effect of Brazilian red propolis administration on hematological, biochemical variables and parasitic response of Santa Inês ewes during and after flushing period. Trop Anim Health Prod 45, 1609–1618 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0406-3

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