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Table 2 Relative organ weights (g/kg BW) of growing pigs fed with diets containing deoxynivalenol (DON) contaminated corn (n = 6)

From: Growth performance, serum biochemical profile, jejunal morphology, and the expression of nutrients transporter genes in deoxynivalenol (DON)- challenged growing pigs

Item

Control

3 mg/kg DON

6 mg/kg DON

12 mg/kg DON

P-value

Heart

0.53 ± 0.12

0.54 ± 0.14

0.5 ± 0.13

0.57 ± 0.14

0.8366

Liver

2.44 ± 0.13b

2.72 ± 0.12a

2.7 ± 0.23a,b

2.81 ± 0.18a

0.0081

Spleen

0.24 ± 0.03

0.2 ± 0.09

0.19 ± 0.02

0.17 ± 0.09

0.3393

Kidney

0.45 ± 0.06

0.5 ± 0.06

0.47 ± 0.04

0.53 ± 0.11

0.2701

  1. Results are expressed as means ± SEM for six animals
  2. a,bValues with different letters within the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05)
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BMC Veterinary Research

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