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Table 5 Serum hormonal characters 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

GH (ng/ml)

29.01 ± 0.88a,b

29.86 ± 4.13a

25.99 ± 0.64a,b

24.03 ± 4.55b

0.0145

IGF1 (pg/ml)

92.18 ± 2.51a

90.45 ± 5.02a

81.03 ± 2.62b

80.47 ± 6.47b

0.0001

T-SOD (U/ml)

117.5 ± 6.26a

100.88 ± 14.24a,b

84.48 ± 8.97b,c

79.94 ± 15.62c

<0.0001

HP (μg/ml)

8.87 ± 1.95a

10.26 ± 1.39a

13.42 ± 1.02b

13.71 ± 1.04b

<0.0001

GSH-Px (U/ml)

3424.7 ± 147.5a

3388.38 ± 294.5a

2967.3 ± 124.4b

2521.3 ± 334.6c

<0.0001

  1. Results are expressed as means ± SEM for six animals
  2. GH: growth hormone, IGF1: insulin-like growth factor 1, T-SOD: total superoxide dismutase, HP: haptoglobin, GSH-Px: glutathione peroxidase
  3. a-cValues with different letters within the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05)