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Table 1 Chemical composition of the defatted diatom microalgal biomass 1

From: Effect of dietary defatted diatom biomass on egg production and quality of laying hens

Item

Content

Item

Content

ME, Kcal/g

1.32

Met

0.33

Protein

19.1

Cys

0.32

Fat

3.3

Gly

0.96

Fiber

14.7

Ser

0.76

Ash

44.9

His

0.30

Moisture

6.9

Ile

0.78

Ca

2.78

Leu

1.33

P

0.76

Phe

0.86

Na

3.94

Tyr

0.57

K

1.66

Thr

0.88

Cl

6.34

Trp

0.18

Arg

0.93

Val

0.98

Lys

0.83

  
  1. 1All items except ME are % of biomass (as fed basis).