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Effect of Varying Dietary Corn Oil and Hay-Grain Ratio on Lamb Growth and Fat Characteristics

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York²

Abstract

Significant increases in the iodine number of lamb depot (kidney) fat were observed when 15% corn oil was included in the diet. Concomitant changes in the fatty acid composition of the fat were also observed with increases in oleic and linoleic acids and decreases in palmitic and stearic acids. The changes occurred whether the lambs were fed high-, medium-, or low-fiber diets, although there was some indication the high-fiber diets favored a greater effect on depot fat by the corn oil.

Gain was not markedly affected by the dietary treatments used except in the low fiber-high oil treatment where both diet consumption and growth were significantly reduced. Additional data are presented on the iodine number of fat from various areas of the carcass.

¹ Present address: State University of New York, Agricultural and Technical Institute, Alfred 14802.

² Department of Animal Science.

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