Low concentrations of zearalenone in diets of boars for a prolonged period of time.
Thirty-two boars were fed diets containing 0, 3, 6 or 9 ppm zearalenone from 32 d of age up to 145 or 312 d of age. Rate of gain, feed intake and gain:feed were not significantly different among treatments. Feeding of diets containing 9 ppm zearalenone did not affect the libido in seven boars. There was a tendency for boars fed 9 ppm dietary zearalenone to produce lower total and gel free volumes of semen, with lower total motile sperm; however, only the percent motility of the sperm was reduced (P less than .05).
D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000254:growth & development; D007989:Libido / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D012118:Resorcinols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013076:Sperm Count / Q000187:drug effects; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*; D015025:Zearalenone / Q000494:pharmacology*
D012118:Resorcinols; D015025:Zearalenone