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.