Table 3.

Effect of zearalenone (ZEA) on the ovarian weight, antioxidant enzymatic activity, and the malondialdehyde concentration in the ovary of post-weaning gilts.

Items	Control	ZEA0.5	ZEA1.0	ZEA1.5	SEM	P-values
						Treatment	Linear
Ovarian Weight, g	0.637c	0.701c	2.262a	1.604b	0.015	<0.001	<0.001
GSH-Px, U·mg−1 pt.	217.32a	187.21b	141.14c	133.27c	1.876	<0.001	<0.001
TSOD, U·mg−1 pt.	103.45a	99.86ab	88.25bc	79.81c	0.703	<0.001	<0.001
MDA, nmol·mg−1 pt.	8.16c	9.92bc	10.77b	12.96a	0.171	<0.001	<0.001

GSH-Px, Glutathione peroxidase; TSOD, Total superoxide dismutase; MDA, Malondialdehyde. Control, ZEA0.5, ZEA1.0, and ZEA1.5 represent the control diet with an addition of 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 mg kg⁻¹ ZEA, and with analyzed ZEA concentrations of 0, 0.52 ± 0.07, 1.04 ± 0.03, and 1.51 ± 0.13 mg kg⁻¹, respectively. Data per piglet were run in triplicate in a single assay to avoid inter-assay variation. SEM, standard error of the means. Values with a row with the different letters mean significantly different (P < 0.05).