ORGANOSOMATIC AND HAEMATOLOGICAL INDEX OF ALBINO WISTAR RATS (Rattus norvegicus) FED WITH CHICKEN FLAVOUR INDOMIE SEASONING

The effects of the indomie seasoning (chicken flavour) on the organosomatic and haematological indices of Albino rats were investigated under laboratory conditions of sixteen (16) albino rats grouped into four (A-D) groups. Each group had 4 albino rats, treated groups were labelled A-C and the control was labelled D. the group means ± SEM for each parameter was calculated SPSS (26.0). Means were separated using Turkey’s post hoe test at 5% level of significance. The results showed that there was steady increase in the weight of the animals fed orally with 25mg/kg, 50mg/kg and 75mg/kg of the indomie seasoning a week(s) increases. It is also observed that there was a significant increase (p>0.05) in the organ weight of the liver (hepatosomatic index) in all the groups compared to control. Also, the renosomatic index was significantly increased as the weeks increased. Results also showed that the indomie seasoning produces a significant change in the platelets counts when compared with the control. However, the result showed a general change in the haematopoetic counts of the albino rats. Since the effects of the seasoning on the general well-being of humans had been documented, it is therefore, pertinent for us to reduce the intake of the seasoning especially at low amount