Circadian variability and diurnal generosity of stray street cow in Seepat, Bilaspur, India
K. Venu Achari*
Department of Zoology, Govt Madan Lal Shukla PG College Seepat Bilaspur -495555 (India) Affiliated to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya,Bilaspur -495001 (India) M-9826332898 ORCID: 0000-0002-0874-8852 Email ID: kvenu99@rediffmail.com kvenuachari99@gmail.com *Assistant Professor (Zoology)
ABSTRACT
This research article documents circadian variability in behavioural variables, namely resting and standing in stray street cow of Seepat, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh India. We also estimated the abundance as a function of time of the day and gender in a population of stray cow inhabiting road side of the urban area. We determined the abundance of street cows at six hotspots using the photographic capture-recapture technique and Lincoln index equation. At the same time, we also determined the density cows six randomly selected urban areas. We recorded the resting and standing activities of the stray street cows using still and video cameras at three times of the day continuously over a longitudinal timescale of 72 hours. The sightings of cows were always more during the evening and night-time irrespective of the investigated routes and hotspots. Further, we also observed that the abundance of female cows was always significantly more as compared with their counter parts. These findings were complimentary to the observed circadian variability in the resting and standing behaviour of the stray street cows. Despite a few limitations, this study documents a statistically significant circadian rhythm with reference to gender in activities of street cows. These data might also help in addressing street cow menace– one of the major problems the people and administrative authorities of most of the Indian cities and elsewhere worldwide are experiencing since quite long.