Table 4. Effects of BSFL as FM substitutes on egg quality of 45 w broiler breeders¹

Items	CON	T1	T2	SE	P-value
2 w
Eggshell thickness (mm)	0.42^a	0.36^b	0.42^a	0.005	<0.001
Eggshell strength (kg/cm²)	4.02	3.84	4.29	0.258	0.469
Albumin height (cm)	6.75	6.88	6.94	0.078	0.240
Haugh unit	86.61	82.30	82.77	0.544	0.342
4 w
Eggshell thickness (mm)	81.61	82.30	82.77	0.544	0.342
Eggshell strength (kg/cm²)	3.86	3.71	4.20	0.196	0.226
Albumin height (cm)	6.21^b	6.84^a	6.81^a	0.054	<0.001
Haugh unit	80.26^b	82.01^a	81.92^a	0.457	0.012

CON, basal diet with FM; T1, basal diet without FM and substitute with defatted BSFL; T2, basal diet without FM and substitute with hydrolyzed BSFL; FM, fishmeal; BSFL, black soldier fly larvae; SE, standard error.
Means within a row with different letters are significantly different at P<0.05.