Kids were offered a common basal diet comprising of concentrate mixture (450 g/kg wheat bran, 270 g/kg ground maizegrain, 250 g/kg deoiled soybean meal, 20 g/kg mineral supplement and 10 g/kg common salt), 100 g wheat straw and about250–300 g green maize (Zea mays) fodder daily to meet their nutrient requirements (NRC, 2007) for 50 g daily live weightgain. Experimental feeding was similar in all the groups except for addition of 60 mg arsenic (as aqueous solution of sodiumarsenite)/kg in the diet of T2 and T3 animals. Kids in group T3 were additionally supplemented with 250 IU vitamin E/kg diet.All the kids were fed the same basal diet for 28 days before starting the experimental feeding which was continued for 180days, during which body weight of the animals were recorded at fortnightly interval. The amount of concentrate mixture required for each animal was revised at 15-day intervals, based on their BW. The amount of As and vitamin E supplemented was also revised at fortnightly intervals, depending upon the DM intake of the individual kids. Clean and fresh drinking water was offered ad libitum at 10.00 and 15.00 h daily