Abstract: In recent years,with the intensive and large-scale development of livestock and poultry breeding,livestock and poultry are vulnerable to liver damage caused by feed mildew, antibiotic abuse,hepatitis virus and other factors.Resveratrol is a natural plant extract which is widely found in many plants.It belongs to polyphenols,which can improve liver damage caused by liver disease in the field of food science and medicine.At the same time, resveratrol can effectively protect the liver of livestock and poultry,relieve inflammation stimulation,oxidative stress,apoptosis and other physiological or pathological conditions of liver damage.In addition,resveratrol can improve the liver damage caused by non-alcoholic fatty liver that is prone to appear in the growth and fattening stage by regulating the lipid metabolism of livestock and poultry.The authors summarized the research progress of the protective effect of resveratrol on liver injury of livestock and poultry, briefly described it's physical and chemical properties and related biological functions, such as anti-inflammatory,anti-oxidation,anti-apoptosis.At the same time,the main types and pathologic ways of liver injury in livestock and poultry were introduced, and the protective mechanism and signal pathway of resveratrol to liver injury in livestock and poultry were analyzed,in order to provide the basis for resveratrol to improve the common liver injury of livestock and poultry and improve the quality of livestock products,and to provide theoretical support for exploring the possibility of resveratrol as a new high quality feed additive.

Key words: resveratrol; liver protection; anti-inflammation; anti-oxidation; anti-apoptosis; liver injury