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Males have curved (47%) and straight (41%) horns mainly pointing backwards (58%) with some pointed straight upwards (28%). Polled goats were 6% in both sexes. |
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The coat colour varies between any of the seven types (white, black, brown, fawn, grey, roan and red), with the first three being most dominant. Colours appear more in patchy combined patterns than in plain or spotted ones. The most frequent colours are m |
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Range: 0.25 - 0.50 |
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The ears are fairly long. About 10% have a semi-pendulous ear form, the rest being erect or horizontal. Ear length (mean±SD) was 14.1±1.3 cm in males and 14.0±1.3 cm in females. |
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Beards occur on 92% males and 52% of females. Ruffs occur only on 33% of males. About half of the females and 75.5% of males in Sidamo are bearded, but in the agro-pastoral areas beards on females are less frequent (38.7%). Wattles are present in 14% of m |
Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia |
On Farm |
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1.30 |
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2463 |
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Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia |
On Farm |
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Female |
12.50 |
3.30 |
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Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia |
On Farm |
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Female |
18.00 |
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Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia |
On Farm |
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20.15 |
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2463 |
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Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia |
On Farm |
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23.70 |
7.20 |
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Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia |
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