Table 5. Serum chemical parameters of growing pigs fed with diets containing DON-contaminated corn (n = 6).

Item	Non-toxin	Toxin control	Arginine	Glutamine	Arg+Glu	P
GLU (mmol/L)	7.93±0.94	7.42±0.59	7.85±0.85	7.28±0.93	7.64±0.88	0.6413
BUN (mmol/L)	5.28±0.51a	6.82±0.72b	6.18±0.64ab	6.35±0.7ab	6.61±0.64b	0.0039
ALB(g/L)	35.16±3.46a	28.95±3.21ab	27.78±3.12b	32.72±3.55ab	30.7±4.26ab	0.0101
CRE (µmol/L)	48.23±5.75	53.39±8.70	59.73±6.85	54.81±7.10	51.38±5.29	0.0834
ALP (U/L)	742.3±34.3bc	938.6±98.3a	863.7±64.1ab	790.7±83.4bc	709.3±79.5c	0.001
ALT(U/L)	56.67±7.23a	80.92±7.38b	70.83±6.18b	80.17±6.84b	73.67±7.27b	<0.001
AST(U/L)	93.47±8.94d	133.84±10.63a	115.21±9.38bc	129.76±8.23ab	109.84±8.47c	<0.001

Results are expressed as means ± SEM for six animals.Values within a row sharing different superscript letters differ (P<0.05).