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Table 2 Average environmental temperature, relative humidity (RH) and temperature humidity index (THI) during the experimental period

From: Effect of misting and wallowing cooling systems on milk yield, blood and physiological variables during heat stress in lactating Murrah buffalo

Environmental Variables

May

June

July

SE

P Value

Minimum Temperature

25.60 a

28.02 b

26.91 b

0.51

<.0001*

Maximum Temperature

46.46 a

41.08 b

36.83 c

0.82

<.0001*

Average Temperature

36.03 a

34.55 b

31.88 c

0.61

<.0001*

Relative Humidity

21.67 a

33.53 b

77.32 c

2.41

<.0001*

THI

79.88a

80.57 a

85.36 b

0.60

<.0001*

  1. Means within a row having different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05)
  2. The standard error uses pooled estimate of error variance