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Research
6. Effect of Housing
Patterns on Microclimate and water intake in Osmanabadi weaned
kids - R. A. Patil, L.M. Karanjkar, V.S. Jadhav,
A.A. Hanmante and S.G. Narwade
Vet
World. 2008; 1(5): 144-146
Abstract
Observations were recorded on 24 Osmanabadi weaned kids to see the
effect of housing either in floor murum with no ventilation
+ thatch roof (T0), floor murum with no ventilation + tin
roof (T1), floor murum with one ventilator + thatch roof
(T2), floor murum with one ventilator + tin roof (T3),
floor murum with two ventilators + thatch roof (T4) and
floor murum with two ventilators + tin roof (T5). All the
kids were maintained on the common feeding regime of available
roughages and home-made concentrate mixture. The lowest micro
temperature was recorded in thatch roof with two ventilators house
whereas highest in tin roof with no ventilation house. The monthly
mean water intake showed significant (P< 0.01) differences.
Significant differences were recorded for the mean values of water
intake for providing no ventilation over providing ventilation.
Providing tin roof condition significantly (P<0.01) increased
water intake in comparison with thatch roofing condition. Based on
these results thatched roof shed with one or two floor ventilation
has to be preferred for growing kids.
Keywords: Housing pattern, Microclimate, Water intake,
Osmanabadi kids, floor
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