Poultry feed ingredients should be of the best quality for best production. Poultry is a sensitive animal. We can use the best quality poultry feed ingredients.
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Poultry feed ingredients
There are many types of ingredients we can use in poultry feed. Ingredients should be pure and fresh. We can divide all ingredients by the sources of nutrition.
- Carbohydrate
- Protein
- Fat
- Fiber
- Vitamine and minerals
Sources of carbohydrate in poultry feed
The ingredients that increase the number of carbohydrates in the diet are called sources of carbohydrates in poultry feed. These types of ingredients are-
- Corn/Mize
- Wheat
Sources of protein in poultry feed
Protein sources ingredients are very expensive now. However, it is necessary to use. Because protein is the main nutrition for weight gain and egg production.
- Soybean Meal
- Full Fat Soybean
- Protein concentret
- Fish Meal
- Meat and Bone Meal
Recommended level in protein
- Broiler: 22 to 23 %
- Layer 17-20 %
- Sonali/cock: 18 to 20 %
- Duck: 16 to18 %
- Koil: 16 to 18 %
Sources of Fat
Fat can help body temperature and weight gain.
- Palm Oil
- Soybean Oil
- Full Fat Soybean
- Vagetable fat powder
- Rice bran (Autometic rice mill)
Sources of vitamins and minerals
Vitamins and minerals can help the body maintain and increases immunity systems in poultry.
- Sea Salt
- Vitamin-mineral premix
- Multi-mineral premix
Sources of fibers
Fiber is not important nutrition for poultry feed. But fiber level maintenance is very important to make poultry feed.
- Rice Bran
- Rice polish
Other feed supplements and additives
- Toxin binder
- Enzymes
- Mould inhibetors
- Amino acids
- Anti-coccidial drugs
- Salmonella killers
- Grouth promoters
- Liume stone
- DCP/MCP
Uses of poultry feed ingredients
- Carbohydrate: Corn/wheat- 30 to 45 %
- Protein: Soybean meal- 25 to 40 %
- protein: Fish meal- 10 to 20 %
- Fiber: Rice bran- 10-20 %
- Fat: Oil- 1-4 %
- Vitamins, Mineral and amino acids: 0.1-0.3 %
Read: Soybean meal is the main source of protein for animal feeds
