Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the data
From: Morphological characterization of breeds of sheep: a discriminant analysis approach
Breed type | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Djallonke | Sahel | Crosses | ||
Mean (traits) | ||||
Height | 52.69570 | 62.55560 | 52.68970 | 54.15000 |
Length (Lt) | 54.04348 | 57.88889 | 53.86207 | 54.52459 |
Ear length (EL) | 9.304348 | 12.22222 | 9.517241 | 9.836066 |
Tail length (TL) | 24.52170 | 33.22220 | 26.72410 | 26.85000 |
Weight (Wt) | 20.08696 | 23.44444 | 20.79310 | 20.91803 |
Chest (chst) | 67.08696 | 69.55556 | 66.48276 | 67.16393 |
Hook length (Hk lgth) | 27.56522 | 30.11111 | 27.10345 | 27.72131 |
Hook and tail length (Hk lth-Tlth) | 3.086957 | −3.11111 | 0.275862 | 0.836066 |
SD (traits) | ||||
Height | 4.14986 | 9.22105 | 4.90702 | 6.429 |
Length (Lt) | 4.72400 | 7.49074 | 5.84761 | 5.798 |
Ear length (EL) | 0.70290 | 1.39443 | 0.68768 | 1.293 |
Tail length (TL) | 2.74474 | 3.52767 | 3.33698 | 4.218 |
Weight (Wt) | 4.93515 | 10.38161 | 7.15332 | 6.958 |
Chest (chst) | 5.47650 | 10.93288 | 8.41181 | 7.813 |
Hook length (Hk lgth) | 1.97314 | 4.88478 | 2.80745 | 3.056 |
Hook and tail length (Hk lth-Tlth) | 2.04302 | 2.36878 | 1.99815 | 2.928 |