respectively. In each group, half of the animals received
4% rapeseed oil, the other half soybean oil. The herbal extracts had no effect on animal performance but
significantly improved meat oxidative stability, lowered cholesterol and TI index and increased PUFA content
in meat. Slight differences between animals fed with rapeseed or soybean oils were observed. Giltmeat had significantly
better (P ≤ 0.01) AI, TI, and h/H indices than barrow meat. It was concluded that herbal extracts have a
beneficial effect on pork health-promoting properties due to changes in lipid fraction.