Evaluation of the Crossbreeding Scheme and Farmers’ Perception of Awassi and Dorper Crossbred Sheep

Table 6

Reproductive performance of local and crossbred sheep (LSM ± SE).

Source of variation	N	MAFS (month)	FAFS (month)	AFL (month)	NLPL (lamb)	LI (month)
Overall	238	9.33 ± 0.14	10.0 ± 0.14	15.3 ± 0.16	10.2 ± 0.15	8.51 ± 0.11
Genotype
Tikur	112	8.42 ± 0.27^b	9.09 ± 0.26^b	14.1 ± 0.24^c	9.40 ± 4.30^bc	8.35 ± 0.25^b
Awassi x Tikur	112	10.4 ± 0.26^a	11.2 ± 0.29^a	16.3 ± 0.32^ab	10.5 ± 0.33^ab	7.97 ± 0.22^b
Awassi x Wollo	91	9.76 ± 0.36^a	11.0 ± 0.38^a	16.8 ± 0.44^a	10.1 ± 0.29^bc	9.82 ± 0.29^a
Wollo	91	10.4 ± 0.34^a	10.4 ± 0.30^a	15.5 ± 0.32^b	11.6 ± 0.35^a	8.01 ± 0.20^b
Dorper x Tumele	35	6.95 ± 0.32^c	8.00 ± 0.39^b	13.0 ± 0.32^c	8.88 ± 0.54^c	8.37 ± 0.31^b
Tumele	35	7.12 ± 0.33^c	8.20 ± 0.39^b	13.1 ± 0.36^c	9.71 ± 0.34^bc	8.73 ± 0.31^b

N = number of respondents, MAFS = male age at first service, FAFS = female age at first service, AFL = age at first lambing, NLPL = number of lambs born/life time, LI = lambing interval; , ; , . Least square means with different superscripts within the same column and class are statistically different.