Whole wheat added to the diet using appropriate techniques do not markedly affect the performance of intensively
reared broiler chickens. In fact, when fed at lower levels (up to 15% in the grower and up to 20% in the finisher phase), whole
wheat improves feed conversion efficiency, presumably through its favourable influence exerted on the upper part of the
digestive tract and the activities of pancreatic enzymes in the small intestine. By feeding wheat as whole wheat grains the
grinding costs can be reduced, which has a favourable effect on the overall feeding costs