Table 4 Comparative analysis of preference rankings of individual traits of female animals used as selection criteria across the three West African cities of Kano (Nigeria), Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) and Sikasso (Mali)
Traits | Sheep | Goats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ranka (Rank) | Mean ranka (Rank) | |||||||||||
Kano (n = 100) | Bobo Dioulasso (n = 102) | Sikasso (n = 99) | Kano (n = 100) | Bobo Dioulasso (n = 99) | Sikasso (n = 107) | |||||||
Good body conformation | 4.51aA | (3) | 7.52Bfad | (8) | 8.02Baf | (7) | 2.85aA | (2) | 7.40Bad | (8) | 8.04Ca | (6) |
Good apparent health status | 3.23bA | (1) | 3.44Ab | (1) | 2.25Ab | (1) | 2.76aA | (1) | 3.30Ab | (1) | 2.36Ab | (2) |
Big body size | 4.40Aa | (2) | 4.56Ac | (2) | 3.05Bbc | (3) | 7.42bgA | (8) | 5.56Bc | (5) | 6.47Ac | (5) |
Breed | 6.06Ac | (6) | 4.63Bc | (3) | 8.96Cdi | (10) | 6.75bcgA | (7) | 5.50Bc | (4) | 8.50Ad | (9) |
Coat colour | 8.74Ad | (11) | 7.09Bd | (6) | 2.92Cc | (2) | 8.78dA | (11) | 7.16Ba | (6) | 5.57Ce | (4) |
Big udder size | 7.88Ae | (8) | 8.28Be | (12) | 4.41Ce | (4) | 8.96dA | (12) | 8.24Ae | (11) | 3.48Bf | (3) |
Rapid growth | 4.82Aa | (4) | 8.17Baef | (11) | 7.46Cf | (6) | 6.44ceA | (5) | 8.30Be | (12) | 8.17Ca | (8) |
Young age | 7.60Ae | (7) | 7.71Afg | (9) | 5.97Bg | (5) | 5.86efA | (4) | 7.67Bda | (9) | 8.05Ba | (7) |
Resistance to disease | 7.95Ae | (9) | 5.67Bh | (4) | 8.20Aah | (8) | 6.57bcA | (6) | 4.98Bc | (3) | 1.88Cg | (1) |
Easy feeding | 5.77Ac | (5) | 5.69Ah | (5) | 8.64Bdh | (9) | 5.36fA | (3) | 4.84Ac | (2) | 8.50Bd | (10) |
Docility/temperament | 8.33Ad | (10) | 7.16Bd | (7) | 9.06 Ci | (11) | 8.65dA | (10) | 7.20Bfa | (7) | 8.50Cd | (11) |
Tolerance to drought | 8.74Ad | (12) | 8.08Aeg | (10) | 9.09Bi | (12) | 7.63gA | (9) | 7.87Bed | (10) | 8.50Cd | (12) |