This experiment aimed to evaluate the effect of
including glycerin in kid goats diet on intake, performance and
carcass traits. Twenty intact male kid goats Boer crossbred were
used, with body weight of 25.06±4.15kg and 8.00±0.66 months
old, allocated in block design, with four treatments and five
replicates. The treatments consisted on including dry matter
basis (DM) of the diet of four levels of glycerin: zero, five,
10 and 15%, in replacing corn. It was not reported influence
(P>0.05) of level of glycerin on intake of forage and feed
conversion of animals. The concentrate and total DM intake
were affected (P0.05) of level of glycerin on weight
gain, carcass yield and percentage of cooling losses. However,
the hot and cold carcass weight was lower (P