Influences of different bedding materials on microclimate of calf pens and physiological indices of Murrah buffalo calves

Abstract

An attempt was made to study the “Influences of different bedding materials on microclimate of calf pens and physiological indices of Murrah buffalo calves’’ at buffalo farm of LPM, LUVAS, Hisar (Haryana). Twenty buffalo calves (below 4 month of age) were divided into four groups (5 calves in each group) viz. T1: Concrete floor; T2: Concrete floor bedded with sand, T3: Concrete floor bedded with wheat straw, and T4: Concrete floor bedded with rubber mat. Study of metrological data in each treatment revealed that overall microclimate temperature under covered area was significantly (P