Table 4 Serum amino acid concentrations of growing pigs fed with diets Deoxynivalenol (DON)-contaminated corn (n = 6)

153.36 ± 25.32^a

162.87 ± 19.74^a

128.82 ± 25.16^a,b

100.58 ± 21.64^b

0.0007

87.26 ± 12.61^a

74.18 ± 11.53^a,b

60.17 ± 15.29^b

62.86 ± 19.25^b

0.0204

122.53 ± 19.25^a

118.64 ± 15.82^a

100.73 ± 17.79^a,b

85.28 ± 11.81^b

0.0028

183.26 ± 27.16

185.32 ± 20.31

162.58 ± 14.63

162.15 ± 27.38

0.1746

150.03 ± 18.25^a

138.74 ± 12.69^a

139.31 ± 23.64^a

102.98 ± 21.83^b

0.0028

105.29 ± 18.61

90.78 ± 17.8

93.92 ± 20.51

82.83 ± 28.36

0.3715

89.73 ± 10.12

94.89 ± 23.75

70.93 ± 19.2

71.73 ± 18.28

0.0766

158.07 ± 29.71^a

128.73 ± 11.83^a,b

118.39 ± 23.7^b

105.72 ± 18.32^b

0.0037

128.96 ± 23.98

137.26 ± 12.82

121.92 ± 10.26

117.29 ± 9.96

0.1575

169.38 ± 10.71^a

152.77 ± 16.89^a,b

129.19 ± 17.25^b,c

110.62 ± 21.25^c

<0.0001

279.49 ± 20.19^a

205.01 ± 24.75^b

172.96 ± 26.61^b,c

152.84 ± 16.97^c

<0.0001

196.18 ± 24.13^a,b

221.03 ± 17.11^a

162.2 ± 10.29^b,c

151.65 ± 29.57^c

<0.0001

260.25 ± 20.46^a

232.82 ± 18.52^a,b

218.71 ± 22.39^b

131.39 ± 32.05^c

<0.0001

102.93 ± 15.39^a,b

112.25 ± 8.28^a

105.19 ± 18.27^a,b

81.59 ± 21.37^b

0.0258

72.21 ± 9.65

79.23 ± 19.07

59.74 ± 7.57

60.93 ± 11.94

0.0458

68.2 ± 12.38^a

65.84 ± 12.53^a

54.75 ± 15.56^a,b

41.99 ± 14.7^b

0.0144

351.92 ± 27.78^a

302.58 ± 29.43^a,b

274.82 ± 31.84^b

251.02 ± 42.75^b

0.0003

119.27 ± 13.29

131.59 ± 25.98

120.84 ± 23.17

106.35 ± 17.01

0.2374

392.96 ± 41.12^a

355.29 ± 46.08^a

317.84 ± 65.58^a,b

270.12 ± 50.95^b

0.0038

86.25 ± 15.79

70.86 ± 21.52

68.63 ± 9.82

59.9 ± 22.76

0.1227