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Table 1 Average proximate composition (in % dry basis) mg/g DW of the newly hatched different Artemia strains

From: An attempt to improve the proximate composition of local Artemia strain (Wadi El Natrun, Egypt)

Strain

Moisture

Ash

Protein

lipid

Carbohydrate

Fiber

Sum (%)

A. tunisiana

64.3

7.54

54.46

12.59

13.8

8.71

97.1

Borg El Arab

69.52

5.27

53.81

13.96

14.18

8.21

95.43

El Mex

72.16

6.43

56.17

14.4

13.6

8.5

99.1

Port Saied

70.25

7.67

57.8

16.86

10.82

4.9

98.05

A. franciscana

63.8

7.11

53.5

15.7

13.7

3.7

98.76