. 2023 Sep 6;9(9):e19906. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19906

Table 3.

Least squares means (±SE) of the effects of location of the flock, Dam genotype, Lambing season, Parity on subsequent productivity indices of Local and Dorper crossbred sheep.

Source of variation	Index-I		Index-II			Index-III
Source of variation	N	LSM + SE	N	LSM±SE	N		LSM + SE
Overall	1493	19.55 + 0.59	1181	0.76 ± 0.03	1181		1.82 + 0.07
CV %	1493	39.27	1181	40.65	1181		40.15
Location of the flock		*******		*******			*******
Basona-Werana	699	18.99^c+0.50	699	0.69^c±0.03	699		1.68^c+0.06
Kewet-EF	311	20.85^b + 0.57	311	0.79^b ± 0.03	311		1.90^b + 0.06
Kobo	312	19.00^c+0.49
Merhabete	171	23.29^a+0.71	171	0.86^a±0.03	171		2.10^a+0.08
Dam genotype		ns		**			**
Local	1327	20.91 + 0.33	1111	0.84 ± 0.02	1111		2.02 + 0.04
Dorper crossbred	166	20.16 + 0.68	70	0.72 ± 0.04	70		1.77 + 0.09
Lambing season		**		***			*******
Dry season	576	19.50^b + 0.47	461	0.73^b ± 0.03	461		1.77^b + 0.06
Major rainy season	529	21.16^a+0.50	411	0.79^a±0.03	411		1.93^a+0.07
Miner rainy season	388	20.94^a+0.54	309	0.82^a±0.03	309		1.99^a+0.07
Parity		*		ns			ns
1st	614	19.27^b + 0.41	509	0.73 ± 0.02	509		1.76 + 0.05
2nd	520	20.26^a+0.43	424	0.75 ± 0.02	424		1.82 + 0.05
3rd	222	20.64^a+0.59	162	0.78 ± 0.03	162		1.89 + 0.07
4th	81	21.04^a+0.91	54	0.78 ± 0.05	54		1.89 + 0.11
5th & above parity	56	21.46^a+1.08	32	0.86 ± 0.06	32		2.09 + 0.14