Phenotypic Characterization and Reproductive Performance of Blackhead Somali Sheep in Fafen Zone of Somali Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 3

Correlations between linear body measurements in Blackhead Somali sheep.

	Body weight	Heart girth	Body length	Height at rump	Height at wither	Pelvic width	Chest depth	Tail circumference	Tail length	Ear length	Scrotal circumference
Body weight	1	0.968	0.961	0.951	0.953	0.861	0.930	0.531	0.823	0.672	0.941
Heart girth	0.968	1	0.958	0.970	0.972	0.859	0.945	0.530	0.844	0.705	0.939
Body length	0.961	0.958	1	0.943	0.948	0.856	0.928	0.513	0.830	0.684	0.913
Height at rump	0.951	0.970	0.943	1	0.989	0.855	0.950	0.511	0.842	0.700	0.920
Height at wither	0.953	0.972	0.948	0.989	1	0.851	0.945	0.506	0.839	0.705	0.924
Pelvic width	0.861	0.859	0.856	0.855	0.851	1	0.813	0.451	0.753	0.620	0.849
Chest depth	0.930	0.945	0.928	0.950	0.945	0.813	1	0.494	0.830	0.676	0.895
Tail circumference	0.531	0.530	0.513	0.511	0.506	0.451	0.494	1	0.399	0.360	0.515
Tail length	0.823	0.844	0.830	0.842	0.839	0.753	0.830	0.399	1	0.635	0.851
Ear length	0.672	0.705	0.684	0.700	0.705	0.620	0.676	0.360	0.635	1	0.683
Scrotal circumference	0.941	0.939	0.913	0.920	0.924	0.849	0.895	0.515	0.851	0.683	1
correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.