twenty four goats were allocated to there groups(ืn=8) and fed either a control diet withonut oil palm fronds (con) a diet incorporated with 25% oil palm fronds (opfn) or 50% oil palm fronds (opfn)for 100days to evaluate their growth rates, carcass characteristics and subcutaneous fatty acid profiles. animals in all three groups exhibted similar final body weights (p>0.05). the opfh group showed a significant linear reduction (p>0.05) in dressing percentage, warm carcass weight and back fat thickness and total muscle when compared to the con group. the total n-3
polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) concentrations in the in subcutaneous fat of the OPFH animals were significantly higher (linear, p