Table 6.

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

Parameters		Cortisol	Prolactin	T₃	T₄
Parameters		(ng/ml)	(ng/ml)	(ng/ml)	(ng/ml)
Period (p value)		<.0001*	<.0001*	0.0537	0.0003*
Treatment (p value)		0.0009*	<.0001*	0.0527	0.9234
Control		3.34 ^c	83.83^c	1.67	38.82
Misting		2.83^a	57.52^a	1.35	39.16
Wallowing		3.15 ^b	76.54^b	1.73	38.04
SE for Treatment		0.14	5.59	0.07	1.31
Period*Treatment (p value)		<.0001*	<.0001*	0.3300	0.9091
May	Control	2.27 ^cd	55.25 ^cd	1.61	45.98
	Misting	2.23^cd	39.71^de	1.59	46.74
	Wallowing	2.19 ^d	34.19 ^e	2.05	44.35
June	Control	2.79 ^bcd	45.82 ^cde	1.51	31.54
	Misting	3.31 ^b	55.56 ^cd	1.24	35.17
	Wallowing	2.81 ^bcd	59.29 ^bc	1.32	33.17
July	Control	4.96 ^a	150.4^a	1.88	35.30
	Misting	2.94 ^bc	77.29 ^b	1.23	37.57
	Wallowing	4.44 ^a	136.13 ^b	1.82	38.23
SE for Period*Treatment		0.16	4.06	0.19	3.52

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