2.2. Animals
Thirty-four 6-month-old Black belly male cross-breed sheep, average weight 21.2 ± 0.63 kg, were used. They were dewormed with 1 mL 50 kg−1BW Ivermectin and given 3 mL of metabolic stimulant (catosal®). were randomly assigned to three treatments; T0: control (n = 11),T1: diet with 8% dry base coffee pulp (n = 12), and T2: diet with 16% dry base coffee pulp (n = 11). Ingredients were adjusted to meet the require-ments of the NRC (1985) (Table 1). The sheep were given 12 days foradaptation to the diet, followed by a fattening period of 56 days.