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. 2021 Feb 12;8:628258. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.628258
Initial body weight or age Mycotoxin type and contamination level Experimental period (day) Impact Reference
11.4 ± 0.1 kg Aflatoxins - 140 or 280 μg/kg 28 Decreased weight gain and altered humoral and cellular immune responses (244)
14.2 ± 3.0 kg Aflatoxins - 250 or 500 μg/kg 70 Reduced ADG and ADFI (245)
27 day Deoxynivalenol - 3.2 mg/kg 34 Reduced ADG during the last 13 day (123)
10.3 ± 0.2 kg Deoxynivalenol - 4 mg/kg 21 Reduced ADG, ADFI, and growth efficiency (246)
8.9 kg Fumonisins - 7.2, 14.7, 21.9, 32.7, or 35.1 mg/kg 28 Decreased ADG, ADFI, and growth efficiency increased the serum sphinganine-to-sphingosine ratio (247)
28 day Fumonisins - 3.7 mg/kg 28 Increased the serum sphinganine-to-sphingosine ratio and altered heart and intestine morphology (248)
12–14 kg Orchratoxin A - 800 μg/kg 84 Decreased BW and increased kidney weight (249)
21 day Zearalenone - 1 mg/kg 22 Had no effect on growth performance; however negative effect was shown on genital organs and serum hormones in gilts (250)
10.4 ± 1.2 kg Zearalenone - 1.1, 2.0 or 3.2 mg/kg 18 Negatively affected immune function in gilts (251)
21 day Aflatoxins - 180 ug/kg; Fumonisins - 9 mg/kg; Deoxynivalenol - 1 mg/kg 48 Reduced BW, ADG, ADFI, and growth efficiency (2)
6.8 ± 0.1 kg Aflatoxins - 2,778 μg/kg; Fumonisins - 170 mg/kg; Zearalenone - 1 mg/kg 33 Reduced ADG (10)