Many by-products are produced in the olive industry, especially leaves and cake. Both olive leaves and cake contain energy and nutrients that can be used in poultry feed and are also an important source of polyphenol and vitamin E, which can as antioxidants positively affect the oxidative status of broilers. Furthermore, favourable fatty acid composition of olive leaves and cake affects the fatty acid composition of the meat. The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of olive leaves and cake in feed mixture on the oxidative status of broilers and on fatty acid composition in meat. The experiment lasted 42 days and involved 120 day-old male chicks of ross 308 provenance. Broilers were divided into 5 groups consisted of 24 animals each. The chicks were fed with complete chick starter feed up to the day 21, and from day 21 to 42 they were fed with experimental finisher feed with or without the addition of different concentrations (5 % or 10 %) of olive leaves and cake. The results showed no effects on body weight, organ percentage, and abdominal fat percentage, or on the concentration of liver enzymes (GGT, AST, and ALT) in the blood serum. The addition of 10 % of the leaves had the effect of reducing the concentration of α-tocopherol in the breast muscle. No effects on MDA concentration were found, however, the addition of 5 % of the leaves resulted in a decrease in ACW in the blood serum. The additives at different concentrations had no significant effect on the fatty acid composition of both breast and thigh muscles.
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