Patent ID: 8420138
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: A23K

Abstract:
1. A method for producing broiler chickens comprising feeding to the chickens a chicken feed comprising from 10 3 to 10 11 CFU Bacillus bacteria per gram feed, wherein the chicken feed has a reduced metabolizable feed energy (ME) level of from 85% to 98% of the in a standard used chicken feed, wherein the standard used feed is 100% ME and has the following ME level: i) for a Hubbard chicken the standard feed ME level in a starter diet is 3000 kcal/kg and the standard feed ME level in a grower diet is 3080 kcal/kg; ii) for a Ross chicken the standard feed ME level in the starter diet is 3040 kcal/kg and the standard feed ME level in the grower diet is 3140 kcal/kg; and iii) for a Cobb chicken the standard feed ME level in the starter diet is 3023 kcal/kg and the standard feed ME level in the grower diet is 3166 kcal/kg, and wherein the metabolizable energy level is determined according to a standard ME assay with and without the marker Cr 2 0 3 .