Evaluation of the Crossbreeding Scheme and Farmers’ Perception of Awassi and Dorper Crossbred Sheep
Table 5
The estimated breeding value of distributed crossbred Dorper rams and ewes.
Sources of variation
N
BWT
BWT-EBV
WWT
WWT-EBV
Overall mean
112
3.32 ± 0.05
0.007 ± 0.001
15.3 ± 0.33
0.273 ± 0.07
Sex
ns
ns
ns
F
25
3.35 ± 0.10
−0.014 ± 0.03
14.6 ± 0.52
0.514 ± 0.09
M
87
3.32 ± 0.06
0.013 ± 0.02
15.5 ± 0.40
0.208 ± 0.08
Location
ns
ns
Gubalafto
20
3.21 ± 0.11
−0.003 ± 0.04
17.6 ± 0.80a
0.652 ± 0.16a
Research center
7
3.48 ± 0.14
0.035 ± 0.05
15.7 ± 0.82ab
0.599 ± 0.15a
Sendafa
27
3.31 ± 0.10
−0.027 ± 0.03
14.4 ± 0.51b
0.459 ± 0.09ab
Habru
12
3.26 ± 0.20
−0.041 ± 0.05
15.0 ± 1.19ab
0.284 ± 0.18ab
Kalu
5
3.36 ± 0.12
0.024 ± 0.03
15.7 ± 0.95ab
0.397 ± 0.27ab
Raya Kobo
41
3.36 ± 0.09
0.043 ± 0.03
14.8 ± 0.61ab
−0.108 ± 0.11b
BWT: birth weight; WWT: weaning weight; EBV: estimated breeding value; Ns, ;,. Least square means with different superscripts within the same column and class are statistically different.