Effect of Caesalpinia coriaria Fruits and Soybean Oil on Finishing Lamb Performance and Meat Characteristics

Table 1

Experimental diets and chemical composition.

	Control	Caesalpinia coriaria	Soybean oil	C. coriaria + soybean oil
Ingredients (as fed basis, %)
Sorghum grain	19.608	19.608	19.608	19.231
Corn grain	34.804	34.804	34.804	34.135
Soybean meal 46% CP	3.922	3.922	3.922	3.846
Molasses sugar cane	11.765	9.804	9.804	9.615
Rice polish	8.824	8.824	8.824	8.654
Soybean hulls	5.882	5.882	5.882	5.769
Urea	0.980	0.980	0.980	0.962
Canola meal	3.431	3.431	3.431	3.365
Corn gluten meal	1.961	1.961	1.961	1.923
Wheat bran	3.922	3.922	3.922	3.846
Calcium carbonate	1.471	1.471	1.471	1.442
Mineral premix^1	0.980	0.980	0.980	0.962
Sodium bicarbonate	0.980	0.980	0.980	0.962
Sodium chloride	0.490	0.490	0.490	0.481
Inert fat	0.980	0.941	0.941	0.808
Caesalpinia coriaria	-	2.000	-	2.000
Soybean oil	-	-	2.000	2.000
Total	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000
Nutrient content
DM%	94.910	94.750	94.690	94.530
Ash%	8.990	9.460	8.900	9.370
Ether extract%	3.940	5.675	3.241	5.577
Crude protein%	14.604	13.961	14.327	13.944
NDF%	29.739	30.150	28.953	30.489
ADF%	14.665	15.255	14.319	15.252

NaCl 3000 g, Co 75 mg, Cu 5,000 mg, Cr 200 ppb, P 40 g, Fe 30,000 mg, Mn 2,000 mg, Se 100 mg, I 125 mg, Zn 10,500 mg, vitamin A 6,800,000 IU, vitamin D 630,000 IU, and vitamin E 16,500 IU.