This study was to conduct the effects of dietary inulin from Jerusalem artichoke in milk replacer of kid dairy goats. Twenty newborn Saanen kids goats were sorted by parity of their dams and multiple birth (twin or triplet) and assigned to the five groups (There are five dietary treatments as follows: Treatment 1: Goat milk, Treatment 2: 0% inulin in milk replacer, Treatment 3: 0.1% inulin in milk replacer, Treatment 4: 0.2% inulin in milk replacer and Treatment 5: 0.3% inulin in milk replacer) at birth. Each group in 4 replicates. All kids were fed with colostrum for the first 7 days after birth, and then each kid in treatment 3, 4, 5 were supplemented with 0.1 %, 0.2 % and 0.3 inulin on day 8 to 90, respectively. The results showed that faecal score was different (P <0.05) in groups. There were differences in faecal score on days 7 to 56 (P <0.05). Kid goats fed with inulin from Jerusalem artichoke are improved in faecal health. Whereas no difference in faecal score on days 70 to 90 (P >0.05) was detected in groups

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