The present investigation has been undertaken to study the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal supplementation on haematology and biochemical parameters of Murrah buffaloes reared under loose housing system. Eighteen lactating Murrah buffaloes were assigned to three dietary treatment groups (T1, T2 and T3) resulting in six lactating buffaloes per treatment based on parity following factorial completely randomized design. The experiment was conducted for a period from 21 days before calving (pre-partum) to 5 months of lactation (postpartum) to find the effect of supplementation of moringa in following treatments, namely, T1 (control) - Feeding as per ICAR standards (2013), T2- 75 g MOLM/animal/day in addition to control feeding and T3- Feeding as per ICAR standards (2013) + 150 g MOLM/animal/day in addition to control feeding. The findings of study revealed that haematological parameters viz. haemoglobin (g/dl) WBC, monocytes (%), basophils (%), eosinophils (%) levels of T3 treatment group were higher than T2 and T3 but did not differ significantly among various treatment groups. Lymphocytes level of T3 treatment group was significantly higher than T1 and but did not differ significantly with T2 treatment group. SGOT concentration (IU/L), SGPT concentration (IU/L), Plasma cholesterol concentration (mg/dl) and Plasma iron concentration (µg/ dl) were better in supplemented groups but did not show any significant difference in different treatment groups.

Highlights

• Inclusion of MOLM did not show any significant effect on biochemical parameters.
• Lymphocytes level was found better with MOLM supplementation.