The vitamin E effect on the lipid peroxidation product content and the endogenous antioxidant activity (at -18 C during the different types of storage) has been studied in goose meat. The goose meat of three samples has been used for storage. Meat of control sample has been obtained from geese fed by the standard diet. The 1st meat test sample of geese differs from the control group by two times higher content of vitamin E (40 mg / kg) in their diet from the 42nd to the 63rd day. Meat of the 2nd test sample obtained from the control group of geese is processed by a vitamin E solution (calculated at 100 mcg per g of meat) immediately before storage. The shelf life of meat is 210 days. It has been established that the intensive accumulation of the secondary lipid peroxidation products begins from the 90th day in the goose meat during its storage. In the goose diet a double increase of the vitamin E has contributed a significant (by 27.6%, p ≤ 0.05) TBA-AP decrease in the first meat test sample in comparison with the control group at the end of the experiment. The addition of vitamin E to the diet of geese has contributed the stabilization of the antioxidant pool in their meat. It has been confirmed by a 1.88-fold lower level of TBA-AP upon initiation of peroxide oxidation of Fe2+ and by the higher coefficient of antioxidant activity (36.0%, p ≤ 0.05) in this sample in comparison with the control on the 210th day. At the end of the experiment, the vitamin E content is higher 41.7 % (p ≤ 0.01) in the first sample than in the control, β-carotene - 15.0 % (p ≤ 0.05), and vitamin A is at the level of the control sample. Processed goose meat with a solution of vitamin E also provides reliable inhibition of peroxidation processes during the first half of the experiment. However, at the end of the experiment the content of TBA-AP reaches the level of the corresponding control indices in the 2nd test sample of meat. From the 120th day, there has been the more intensive use of endogenous antioxidants. The antioxidant activity coefficient decreasing to the control level on the 210th day in this meat sample is its conformation. The meat of this sample differs by a higher content of β-carotene from the control sample significantly (by 13.5%, p ≤ 0.05). Thus, to obtain a prolonged antioxidant effect during low-temperature storage of meat it is more advisable to add vitamin E to the diet of geese in the pre-slaughter period. Key words: geese, meat storage, lipoperoxidation products, antioxidant activity, vitamins E, A, β-carotene.

In science vicasol is known to be relative to the energy and antioxidant systems of tissues closely related to the biosynthesis and oxidation of fatty acids. This effect may cause changes in the fatty acid composition of tissues, and numerous works on the positive effect of quinones and their derivatives on the myocardial function, suggest that the proper dose and feeding can increase the stability and productivity of poultry. The given was aims to study the effect of vicasol on the fatty acid composition of goose myocardium. Myocardium was chosen as a biological object. Biological material was collected every 7 days throughout the period from the 21st to the 35th day of ontogeny, characterized by the state of physiological tension of geese. Feeding of geese with vicasol at a dose of 0.7 mg / kg body weight began with the 3rd day of ontogeny. Fatty acid analysis in myocardial tissues was performed by gas-liquid chromatography, pre-fabric samples were processed with the method by Palmer (1971) to obtain tissue lipid extracts. According to the results of the study, due to various changes in the content of the entire spectrum of fatty acids of the tissue during the experiment - the use of vicasol causes a slight increase in the unsaturation and the total content of unsaturated fatty acids in the myocardium of geese. These fluctuations are realized depending on the physiological state of the body. where vicasol can stimulate both the biosynthesis processes of individual fatty acids and their mitochondrial and microsomal oxidation, as evidenced by multidirectional reliable changes in the content of their entire spectrum. In particular, on the 21st day, the content of docosopentaenoic acid increased by 36.3% whereas the content of docosohexaenoic and linolenic acids decreased by an average of 21–24%, on the 28th day the content of eicosatetraic and docosahexaenoic acids increased whereas the content of the linoleic acids dropped by 22.6% in control groups. On the 35th day, the content of basic unsaturated fatty acids: palmitooleic, linoleic, linolenic and docosohexaenoic acids increased in the tissue under the influence of vicasol with complete depletion of docosopentaenoic acid. These fluctuations in fatty acid composition cause a slight increase in the total content of unsaturated fatty acids and increase the unsaturation of myocardial lipids on the 28th and 35th days of ontogeny of geese. Based on previous results regarding the antioxidant state of myocardium affected by vicasol and the given findings, which prove changes in the content of the entire spectrum of fatty acids during the selected ontogeny, vicasol can be used in poultry farming as a tool to improve the quality and the resilience of poultry.