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We hypothesized that extract from the stems and leaves of <jats:italic>A. oxyphylla<\/jats:italic> (AOE) as a feed additive may have positive effects on animal health and products. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of AOE as a feed additive on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, intestinal morphology, microbial composition, and meat quality in Jiaji ducks. A total of 240 Jiaji ducks of 42 days old (1675.8 \u00b1 44.2 g, male: female ratio = 1:1) were blocked based on body weight and randomly allocated into four dietary treatments with three replicates that each had 20 duck individuals. The dietary treatments included: basal diet, control group (CK); basal diet supplementation with 30 mg\/kg (Y1), 80 mg\/kg (Y2), and 130 mg\/kg (Y3) AOE, respectively, and lasted for 49 days. The results showed that average daily feed intake from day 42 to day 60 was decreased with the increasing level of AOE (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Compared with the CK group, the groups with AOE supplementation decreased serum LDL-C level (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05), the addition of 30 mg\/kg AOE increased total amino acids, essential amino acids, branched-chain amino acids, nonessential amino acids, and umami taste amino acids (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05), but decreased selenium and zinc concentrations in breast muscle (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). In addition, the supplementation of 30 or 130 mg\/kg AOE significantly increased jejunal villus height (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05) and tended to increase the ratio of villus height to crypt depth in the jejunum (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.092) compared to the CK group. Moreover, the addition of 30 mg\/kg AOE showed a higher abundance of genus <jats:italic>unclassified Bacteroidales<\/jats:italic> and genus <jats:italic>unclassified Ruminococcaceae<\/jats:italic> than the CK group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Therefore, dietary supplementation with 30 mg\/kg AOE increased meat nutrition profile and flavor through promoting amino acid contents in breast muscle, as well as maintained intestine integrity and modulated the microbial composition. 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