ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACTTwenty-seven lambs were used to investigate the effects of the inclusion of 4% hydrogenated palm oil (HPO) or sunflower oil (SFO) in the concentrate on animal performance, carcass and meat quality and fat characteristics and fatty acid composition. Animals (16.2 ±0.27 kg initial weight) were fed concentrate (Control, HPO or SFO) and barley straw ad libitum and slaughtered at 25 kg. SFO lambs tended to eat less concentrate than HPO animals (P< 0.10). Neither HPO nor SFO affected any of the carcass characteristics studied, meat pH and meat and fat colour (P> 0.05). SFO decreased proportions of CI 6:0, CI 8:1 Keywords:císJ 2 and clg;3 ( P< 0>05 ) and i ncrea sed C18:l trans (P< 0.001) and C18:2/C18:3 ratio (P< 0.05). Ath-S flow -, erogenicity index was lower (P< 0.05) when SFO was included in the concentrate. HPO did not affected Fattening lambs anc ' ^FO improved fatty acid composition of fattening lambs without affecting animal performance. Fatty acid Atherogenicity