Pre-partum and postpartum supplementation effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal on haematological and biochemical parameters of murrah buffaloes reared under loose housing system

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.