Table 3.

Effect of misting and wallowing on physiologic parameters of heat stressed lactating Murrah buffaloes

Parameters		RT	RR	PR
Period (p value)		<.0001*	<.0001*	<.0001*
Treatment (p value)		<.0001*	<.0001*	<.0001*
Control		38.81^a	36.61^a	48.56 ^a
Misting		38.41 ^c	31.67 ^b	49.06 ^b
Wallowing		38.57 ^b	32.39 ^b	50.61 ^b
SE for Treatment		0.03	0.24	0.23
Period*Treatment (p value)		<.0001*	0.07	0.002*
May	Control	38.65 ^bc	34.00 ^b	50.00 ^ab
	Misting	38.28 ^d	30.17 ^e	50.00 ^ab
	Wallowing	38.30 ^d	31.00 ^de	51.00 ^a
June	Control	38.78 ^b	38.83 ^a	49.00 ^ab
	Misting	38.48 ^cd	33.33 ^bc	49.00 ^ab
	Wallowing	38.45 ^cd	33.67 ^b	49.83 ^ab
July	Control	39.30 ^a	37.00 ^a	46.67 ^c
	Misting	38.73 ^b	32.50 ^bcd	48.17 ^bc
	Wallowing	38.40 ^d	31.50 ^cde	51.00 ^a
SE for Period*Treatment		0.05	0.03	0.41

Effect of Period, treatment and interaction of Period and treatment are indicated with p values

Means within a column having different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05)

The standard error uses pooled estimate of error variance

RT Rectal Temperature (°C), RR Respiratory rate (breathes/minute), PR Pulse Rate (beats/minute)