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Retraction

RETRACTED: Lika et al. Honeybee and Plant Products as Natural Antimicrobials in Enhancement of Poultry Health and Production. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8467

by
Erinda Lika
1,
Marija Kostić
2,
Sunčica Vještica
3,
Ivan Milojević
4 and
Nikola Puvača
5,*
1
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University of Tirana, Koder Kamez, 1029 Tirana, Albania
2
Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism Vrnjačka Banja, University of Kragujevac, Vojvođanska Ulica bb, 36210 Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia
3
The Faculty of Applied Ecology, University Metropolitan Belgrade, Požeška 83a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
4
Ministry of Defense, The Human Resource Sector, Nemanjina 15, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
5
Department of Engineering Management in Biotechnology, Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Cvećarska 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2025, 17(15), 6952; https://doi.org/10.3390/su17156952 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 24 June 2025 / Accepted: 10 July 2025 / Published: 31 July 2025
Versions Notes
The journal retracts the article titled “Honeybee and Plant Products as Natural Antimicrobials in Enhancement of Poultry Health and Production” [1], as cited above.
Following publication, concerns were raised regarding an overlap between this review article and another manuscript [2] that was under consideration for a different journal within the same timeframe, which was authored by a different research group.
Adhering to our standard procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board that confirmed a significant overlap in content between the two mentioned publications. Furthermore, following discussions with the authors and their institution, the Editorial Board was unable to verify the originality of the publication and the sources of its content. Given the overall similarity between the publications and the unresolved concerns regarding the article’s originality, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this paper in accordance with MDPI’s retraction policy (MDPI|Research and Publication Ethics).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sustainability.
The authors did not agree to this retraction.

References

  1. Lika, E.; Kostić, M.; Vještica, S.; Milojević, I.; Puvača, N. RETRACTED: Honeybee and Plant Products as Natural Antimicrobials in Enhancement of Poultry Health and Production. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8467. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  2. El-Sabrout, K.; Dantas, M.R.T.; Souza-Junior, J.B.F. Herbal and bee products as nutraceuticals for improving poultry health and production. World’s Poult. Sci. J. 2023, 79, 223–242. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Lika, E.; Kostić, M.; Vještica, S.; Milojević, I.; Puvača, N. RETRACTED: Lika et al. Honeybee and Plant Products as Natural Antimicrobials in Enhancement of Poultry Health and Production. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8467. Sustainability 2025, 17, 6952. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17156952

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Lika E, Kostić M, Vještica S, Milojević I, Puvača N. RETRACTED: Lika et al. Honeybee and Plant Products as Natural Antimicrobials in Enhancement of Poultry Health and Production. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8467. Sustainability. 2025; 17(15):6952. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17156952

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Lika, Erinda, Marija Kostić, Sunčica Vještica, Ivan Milojević, and Nikola Puvača. 2025. "RETRACTED: Lika et al. Honeybee and Plant Products as Natural Antimicrobials in Enhancement of Poultry Health and Production. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8467" Sustainability 17, no. 15: 6952. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17156952

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Lika, E., Kostić, M., Vještica, S., Milojević, I., & Puvača, N. (2025). RETRACTED: Lika et al. Honeybee and Plant Products as Natural Antimicrobials in Enhancement of Poultry Health and Production. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8467. Sustainability, 17(15), 6952. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17156952

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