Research Article
Effect of Caesalpinia coriaria Fruits and Soybean Oil on Finishing Lamb Performance and Meat Characteristics
Table 3
Main effects of Caesalpinia coriaria fruit and soybean oil on lamb performance and digestibility.
| | | Control | Caesalpinia coriaria | Soybean oil | C. coriaria + soybean oil | SEM |
| | Initial BW kg | 23.95 | 23.48 | 23.46 | 23.97 | 1.777 | | Final BW kg | 35.64 | 35.53 | 34.74 | 36.43 | 1.490 | | DM intake kg/d | 1.254 | 1.300 | 1.249 | 1.305 | 0.035 | | ADG kg | 0.292 | 0.301 | 0.282 | 0.311 | 0.016 | | Feed conversion | 4.44 | 4.42 | 4.59 | 4.26 | 0.252 | | DM digestibility% | 84.08 | 81.21 | 83.36 | 81.93 | 2.180 | | NDF digestibility% | 68.05 | 59.56 | 66.09 | 61.52 | 0.775 | | Ruminal pH | 5.05 | 5.64 | 5.67 | 5.02 | 0.407 | | LTL area cm2 | 841.1 | 980.6 | 957.0 | 864.7 | 75.46 | | Color characteristics | | | | | | | 37.02 | 36.74 | 36.07 | 37.69 | 0.548 | | 20.78 | 19.63 | 20.45 | 19.96 | 0.616 | | 6.96 | 6.64 | 5.86 | 7.73 | 0.456 | | WBSF kg/cm2 | 785.58 | 687.94 | 783.94 | 689.58 | 80.11 |
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Means with different superscript within main effect are different ( ); , lightness; , redness; , yellowness; WBSF: Warner-Bratzler shear force. |
