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The present study attempts to analyze the effect of utilization of Moringa oleifera seed meal (MOSM) with or without supplementation of acidifier on haematological parameters of broiler chicks. A feeding trial of 42 days was conducted for five iso-nitrogenous and iso-caloric rations having MOSM at 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4% level with or without supplementation of acidifier using 300 broiler chicks in 5X2 factorial design. Broiler chicks were assigned randomly to various experimental groups. The dietary treatments were basal diet as control without MOSM (T1), basal diet with MOSM at 1% (T2), 2% (T3), 3% (T4), 4% (T5), basal diet with Acidifier at 1g/kg feed (T6), basal diet with MOSM at 1, 2, 3 and 4% with Acidifier at 1g/kg feed for T7, T8, T9 and T10, respectively. Blood samples for haematological analysis were collected aseptically from randomly selected birds (two birds per replicate) at 21 and 42 day of experiment. Results showed that highly significant (p<0.01) effect of MOSM in diets of broiler chicks on Hb, RBC, WBC and PCV at 21 day of age as well as 42 day of age in broilers were observed. The effect of supplementation of acidifier as feed additive in ration of broiler chicks were found to be highly significant (p<0.01) on Hb, RBC, WBC and PCV at 21 day of age. Whereas, at 42 day of age, highly significant (p<0.01) effect of acidifier in the ration of broilers on Hb, RBC and PCV and significant (p<0.05) effect on WBC were observed. It was concluded that MOSM with or without acidifier can be incorporated in the diet of the broiler chicks without any harmful effect on the health status of the broiler chicks.

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