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

Table 3 Serum biochemical chemical parameters of growing pigs fed with diets containing Deoxynivalenol (DON)-contaminated corn (n = 6)

Item	Control	3 mg/kg DON	6 mg/kg DON	12 mg/kg DON	P-value
ALB (g/L)	35.16 ± 3.46	32.88 ± 5.15	28.95 ± 3.21	26.6 ± 8.75	0.0644
BUN (mmol/L)	5.28 ± 0.51^a	5.74 ± 0.84^a,b	6.82 ± 0.72^b,c	7.1 ± 0.88^c	0.0011
GLU (mmol/L)	7.93 ± 0.94	8.06 ± 1.03	7.42 ± 0.59	7.58 ± 1.53	0.7135
CRE (mmol/L)	48.23 ± 5.75	52.09 ± 8.24	53.39 ± 8.7	49.35 ± 5.58	0.5878
ALP (U/L)	742.3 ± 34.3^a	840.91 ± 164.3^a	938.6 ± 98.3^a	1236.9 ± 232.2^b	0.0001
ALT (U/L)	56.67 ± 7.23^a	54.99 ± 9.25^a	80.92 ± 7.38^b	86 ± 11.68^b	<0.0001
AST (U/L)	93.47 ± 8.94^a	111.77 ± 18.76^a,b	133.84 ± 10.63^b,c	140.34 ± 15.42^c	<0.0001

Results are expressed as means ± SEM for six animals
ALB: albumin, BUN: blood urea nitrogen, GLU: glucose, CRE: creatinine, ALP: alkaline phosphatase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase
^a-cValues with different letters within the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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