Table 3. Effect of zearalenone (ZEN) on villus hight and crypt depth of the jejunum in pregnant dams at gestation day 8, and weaned dams and pups at three weeks after born (µm).
| ZEN0 | ZEN50 | ZEN100 | ZEN150 | |
| Pregnant dams | ||||
| Villus | 245.80±9.82a | 224.00±5.31ab | 209.74±10.92ab | 197.33±13.75b |
| Crypt | 136.79±12.86a | 167.01±4.72b | 154.28±5.21ab | 141.56±9.59ab |
| Weaned dams | ||||
| Villus | 233.89±12.48b | 233.16±6.17b | 231.68±5.63b | 218.19±7.86a |
| Crypt | 131.816±11.48 | 138.08±4.71 | 131.21±7.83 | 139.42±6.76 |
| Weaned pups | ||||
| Villus | 97.24±4.01 | 96.548±2.04 | 97.79±3.97 | 97.37±4.05 |
| Crypt | 55.80±3.26 | 56.238±1.22 | 57.04±4.03 | 55.67±1.14 |
All of the values are expressed as the means ±SEM (n = 12).
ZEN 0, ZEN 50, ZEN 100, and ZEN 150 means a daily feeding with ZEN at doses of 0.3, 48.5, 97.6, and 146.0 mg/kg respectively, at gestation days 1 to 7.
a, b, c
means within a row with no common superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05).