Table 6
Effect of misting and wallowing on endocrine parameters of heat stressed lactating Murrah buffaloes

Parameters		Cortisol	Prolactin	T3	T4
		(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	83.83c	1.67	38.82
Misting		2.83a	57.52a	1.35	39.16
Wallowing		3.15 b	76.54b	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	2.23cd	39.71de	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	150.4a	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