Table 2. Effects of increasing deoxynivalenol intake on growth performance in growing pigs for 4 weeks

Parameters CTL (n=3) T1 (n=3) T2 (n=3) T3 (n=3) SEM p-value
Initial BW (kg) 34.8 34.5 34.4 34.4 0.53 0.995
Final BW (kg) 52.5a 49.3ab 50.0ab 46.4b 0.84 0.045
ADFI (kg) 1.30 1.30 1.33 1.27 0.04 0.974
ADG (kg) 0.63 0.53 0.53 0.46 0.03 0.259
FCR 2.06 2.51 2.41 3.17 0.20 0.271
CTL, control (basal diet); T1, basal diet+DON 1 mg/kg feed; T2, basal diet+DON 3 mg/kg feed; T3, basal diet+DON 10 mg/kg feed.
Different superscript letters indicate that the variables within a row are significantly different (p<0.05).
BW, body weight; ADFI, average daily feed intake; ADG, average daily gain; FCR, feed conversion ratio; DON, deoxynivalenol.