Table-7.

Effects of feeding either BAR or CORN grains on meat quality of Awassi lambs.

Item	Diets
	BAR (n=15)	CORN (n=15)	SEM	p-value
pH	5.83	5.82	0.015	0.5730
Cooking loss (g/100 g)	38.4	38.3	0.92	0.8524
Water holding capacity (g/100 g)	23.7	24.9	1.23	0.5031
Shear force (kg/cm2)	9.0	9.6	0.51	0.3822
Color coordinates
L* (whiteness)	35.1	43.2	5.71	0.3315
a* (redness)	2.47	2.45	0.157	0.8650
b* (yellowness)	17.2	16.9	0.68	0.7717

BAR=Barley, CORN=Corn, SEM=Standard error of the mean