The Impact of Bee Pollen on Calves’ Health and Liver Function: A Pathway to Enhanced Livestock

Negm, Eman A.; Taghian, Raghda A.

doi:10.21608/ejsgs.2025.423380.1020

The Impact of Bee Pollen on Calves’ Health and Liver Function: A Pathway to Enhanced Livestock

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Eman A. Negm ¹
Raghda A. Taghian ²

¹ Physiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

² Animal production Department, Faculty of Agriculture , Assiut University,Assiut, Egypt

10.21608/ejsgs.2025.423380.1020

Abstract

This research was focused on the effect on bee pollen (B.P.) on calves and heifers' physiological health. 20 calves and heifers, ages eight to ten months, were divided into one of two groups. One group received a basic diet plus 30 grams of fresh commercial multifloral B.P. three times a week for three months, while the other group just received the standard diet. Monthly blood samples were used to measure biochemical and hematological characteristics. Results cleared that the treated B.P. group showed a significant enhancement (P < 0.05) in glucose (G.L.C.), white (W.B.Cs) and red blood cell (R.B.Cs) numbers while there were anticable decline (P < 0.05) in triglycerides (T.G.), high-density lipoprotein (H.D.L.), low-density lipoprotein (L.D.L.), cholesterol (T.C.), very-low-density lipoprotein (V.L.D.L.), alanine aminotransferase (A.L.T.) and malondialdehyde (M.D.A.) concentrations. On the other hand, there is a nonsignificant change between different gender. Overall, there is a clear improvement effect of B.P. supplementation on general physiological health of calves.

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