1. Introduction
Antibiotics are widely used as growth promoters in poultry production. In recent years,administration of these antimicrobial additives as growth promoters in poultry
diets has been banned because of the concerns about Propolis is known to have considerable antimicrobial, antiinflammatory,and immunomodulatory effects (Bankova et
al., 2000; Burdock, 1998; Dobrowolski et al., 1991). It is also
has been shown that propolis could be a successful
additive in poultry production.