Table 3. Biochemical effects of increasing deoxynivalenol (DON) intake in growing pigs for 4 weeks

Parameters CTL (n=3) T1 (n=3) T2 (n=3) T3 (n=3) SEM p-value
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) 150.0b 201.3a 175.7ab 221.3a 7.94 0.003
Lipase (U/L) 25.7a 25.2a 10.5b 11.3b 1.27 0.007
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).