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Abstract This study was conducted to investigate the potential effects of different fat sources including fish oil (FO; n-3 fatty acids source) and palm oil (PO; C16:0 source) in combination with different feeding frequency (FF) on performance, glucose metabolism and carcass characteristics of Mahabadi goat kids. Twenty eight Mahabadi goat kids were used in a factorial design with 4 treatments including 2 types of fat supplement (calcium salt of FO versus PO) and 2 F F (2 or 4 times a day). The experiment lasted for 90 days. Daily dry matter intake was recorded throughout the experiment and body weight was measured every 21 days. The glucose tolerance test was conducted in day 70 of the experiment on 5 randomly selected goat kids from each treatments. The goat kids were slaughtered at the end of period for measurement of carcass characteristics. Inclusion of FO in diet alongside with feeding frequency of 2 caused a significant enhancement in visceral fat content (P