Method to produce chickens
AssigneeChr. Hansen A/S
InventorsInge Knap, Bente Lund, Nelson Carvalho, Abilio Alessandri
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Abstract
A method for producing broiler chickens comprising feeding to the chickens a chicken feed comprising from 103 to 1011 CFU Bacillus bacteria per gram feed, characterized by that the chicken feed has a reduced metabolizable feed energy (ME) level of from 85% to 98% ME of the ME in a standard chicken feed (full ˜100% ME).
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A method for producing broiler chickens comprising feeding to the chickens a chicken feed comprising from 103 to 1011 CFU Bacillus bacteria per gram feed, characterized by that the chicken feed has a reduced metabolizable feed energy (ME) level of from 85% to 98% ME of the ME in a standard used chicken feed (full ˜100% ME), where the standard (100%) used chicken feed is having following ME level:
- i):
- if chicken is a Hubbard chicken the standard (100%) starter feed ME level is 3000 kcal/kg and the Grower feed ME level is 3080 kcal/kg;
- ii):
- if chicken is a Ross chicken the standard (100%) starter feed ME level is 3040 kcal/kg and the Grower feed ME level is 3140 kcal/kg;
- iii):
- if chicken is a Cobb chicken the standard (100%) starter feed ME level is 3023 kcal/kg and the Grower feed ME level is 3166 kcal/kg;
- and wherein the metabolizable energy level is determined according to the standard ME assay (with and without the marker Cr203) as described in section “Metabolizable feed energy (ME) level standard assay” herein.
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