Table 4.

Egg quality parameters of laying hens fed graded levels of microalgae (Aurantiochytrium sp.) for 56 D.¹

Item	Control	0.5%MA	1.0 MA%	SEM	P-value
Albumen percentage, %	64.12	64.18	64.41	0.45	0.895
Yolk percentage, %	24.59	24.42	24.43	0.28	0.884
Shell percentage, %	11.28	11.40	11.17	0.28	0.838
Albumen height, mm	8.61	8.59	8.34	0.16	0.461
Haugh unit	92.60	92.54	91.23	0.83	0.415
Eggshell strength, kg/cm2	4.42	4.40	4.50	0.21	0.947
Eggshell thickness, mm	0.38	0.38	0.39	0.01	0.925

Abbreviation: MA, microalgae.

¹Values are the means of 8 replicates of 5 eggs each.