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Table 3.

Effect of Flammulina velutipes mushroom stem waste (FVW) on calcium utilization in layer¹⁾

Parameters	Control	Antibiotic	2% FVW	4% FVW	6% FVW	SEM	p-value
Ca intake in feed (g/d)	4.59	4.57	4.53	4.57	4.57	0.015	0.718
Ca in excreta (g/d)	2.72^a	2.69^a	2.32^b	2.16^c	2.20^bc	0.045	0.001
Ca retention (g/d)	1.88^c	1.88^c	2.20^b	2.41^a	2.37^ab	0.048	0.001
Ca in egg shell (g)	1.79^b	1.80^b	2.12^a	2.24^a	2.19^a	0.040	0.001
Ca balance (g/d)	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.17	0.18	0.016	0.061

SEM, pooled standard error of the means.

¹⁾

Data represent the mean value of 7 replicates each treatment.

^a,b,c

Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).