rohtak the unusual rise in mercury with temperature hovering around 44 degrees celsius in the region is affecting milk supply at dairies to various agencies and individualsover the past week the southern districtnormal registered the highest temperature day at 45 degrees celsius in the state as blistering heat waves swept the region three other districtshisar bhiwani rohtak touched 44 degrees celsius temperature on sunday the highest rise in mercy so at their respective placesdr rajender singh senior extension specialist at lala lajpat rai university of veterinary and animal sciences luvas hisar said that the animal rearers should increase the intake of green fodder before animals and ensure that animal and their sheds should be thoroughly cleaned regularly and ideal management conditions are to be maintained to prevent diseases feeding economical and providing balanced ration to all categories of dairy animals is required for profitability production of milk and a more effective reproductive cyclenarender kumar poonia who runs a hightech dairy in panipat said that in these days the milch animals deliver less amount of milk between 1030 and the situation remains almost same by the end of july monthhe said that owing to heat stress the demand of water consumption in the animals body gets increased and his food intake gets slashed by nearly half which ultimately affects the milk yield he said that he administered mustard oil to his animals to help them combat the heatmanjeet dhankhar from a village in rohtak district said that he owns four buffaloes and due to the heat waves the delivery of milk has gown down by 30 he said that he has started taking special care of his milch animals as per suggestions of veterinary expertssources said that paucity of electricity to pump out water from tubewells for the pond made for animals drinking and bathing have become a challenge