author(s)
Gaurav Kumar, Ashutosh, Sudha Saini, Yallappa M Somagond and Smriti Shukla

abstract
Present study was conducted in crossbred (Alpine x Beetal) kids (Capra hircus) to study the effect of purified waste water on the physiological responses and growth parameters in comparison to the control group maintained on fresh water. The study was carried out at livestock research centre, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal during January to March 2018-19. There was no significant (p<0.05) change in physiological responses viz. heart rate, respiration rate and rectal temperature of crossbred (Alpine x Beetal) kids provided with purified waste water and control group provided with fresh water. The growth parameters which included body weight, length, height and heart girth also remained non-significantly (p<0.05) different in treatment groups as compared to the control groups. From the observations during the study it can be suggested that the purified waste water provided to the crossbred kids does not have any deleterious effect on their physiological and growth parameters. Further, the purified waste water can be recommended as drinking water to the crossbred kids in the water scarce areas and study also confirm that physio-chemical properties of water are in accordance with the different standards such as Dairy NRC, 2001, EPA 2002 and BIS, 1991.