Conservation and Improvement Strategy for Fogera Cattle: A Lesson for Ethiopia Ingenious Cattle Breed Resource

Table 3

Advantageous and disadvantageous traits of Fogera cattle breed.

Traits	Score	Index	Rank
Advantages
Better milk production	56	0.23	1
Better selling price	42	0.17	2
Better traction power	39	0.16	3
For fattening	15	0.06	5
Hide	13	0.054	6
Long living	0	0
Low feed consumption	0	0
Light heavy for mud	0	0
Manure source	11	0.049	7
Fast growing	15	0.06	5
Disease resistance ability	13	0.05	6
Better butter production	6	0.03	8
Adaptability	26	0.11	4
Drought resistance	3	0.01	9
High fertility	1	0.004	10
Total	240
Disadvantages
Short living	12	0.18	2
High feed consumption	42	0.63	1
Heavy for mud	2	0.03	4
Low milk production	0	0
Low selling price	0	0
Low traction power	0	0
Low growth for traction	0	0
Not safe for fattening	0	0
Low milk production than exotic	1	0.015	5
Low adaptability	0	0
Low fertility	9	0.136	3
Total	66