. 2024 Apr 4;19(4):e0301629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301629

Table 6. Predicted means for the produced strains of progenies on growth traits and fat-tail measurements between pure Moghani sheep and second generations of crossbred lambs (F2 and BC1).

Breed	Strains	N	Lamb growth traits							Fat-tail measurements
Breed	Strains	N	BW (kg)	W3_adj (kg) or weaning	W6_adj (kg)	Diff1 (kg)	Diff2 (kg)	ADWG1 (gr)	ADWG2 (gr)	FTH (cm)	FTW (cm)
Booroola crossbred lambs	BRMBRM-2	17	2.72 ^d	20.95 ^e	36.45 ^ef	18.02 ^d	15.49 ^dc	200.15 ^d	172.13 ^cd	21.25 ^bc	3.14 ^d
	BMMBMM-2	4	2.70 ^d	22.24 ^de	31.17 ^f	19.54 ^cd	8.94 ^e	217.05 ^cd	99.3 ^e	25 ^ab	0 ^d
	BMMM-2	96	4.93 ^a	26.10 ^abc	50.73 ^ab	21.23 ^abc	24.67 ^ab	235.84 ^bc	274.12 ^ab	13.15 ^d	17.89 ^a
	BRMM-2	153	4.9 ^a	26.40 ^abc	52.23 ^a	21.65 ^abc	25.83 ^a	240.60 ^abc	287 ^a	12.97 ^d	16.38 ^ab
	MBRM-2	15	3.34 ^c	23.80 ^cde	44.72 ^bcd	20.44 ^bcd	20.94 ^ab	227.06 ^bcd	232.65 ^ab	12.47 ^d	12.47 ^c
	MBMM-2	17	3.46 ^c	24.10 ^bcde	43.55 ^bcde	20.62 ^bcd	19.48 ^bc	229.06 ^bcd	216.43 ^bc	10.94 ^d	12.88 ^bc
Texel crossbred lambs	TTMTTM-2	8	3.75 ^bc	27.81 ^a	42.77 ^cde	24.03 ^a	14.95 ^dc	267 ^a	166.14 ^cd	17 ^cd	0 ^d
	TDMTDM-2	9	3.50 ^c	27.76 ^a	37.95 ^def	24.26 ^a	10.2 ^de	269.5 ^a	113.31 ^de	20.5 ^bc	0 ^d
	TDMTTM-2	14	4.23 ^b	27.37 ^ab	48.58 ^abc	22.95 ^ab	21.21 ^ab	255 ^ab	235.6 ^ab	16.64 ^cd	1.55 ^d
	TTMTDM-2	12	3.72 ^bc	24.73 ^abcd	37.35 ^ef	20.7 ^bcd	12.62 ^de	229.98 ^bcd	140.24 ^de	15.33 ^cd	0 ^d
	TDMM-2	96	4.80 ^a	24.52 ^abcd	47.69 ^abc	20.10 ^bcd	23.39 ^ab	223.38 ^bcd	259.88 ^ab	11.59 ^d	16.57 ^ab
	TTMM-2	63	5.22 ^a	27.16 ^abc	52.82 ^a	22.20 ^abc	25.67 ^a	246.45 ^abc	285.2 ^a	12.39 ^d	18.58 ^a
Pure breed	Moghani	172	3.88 ^bc	27.02 ^abc	40.24 ^de	23.14 ^ab	13.1 ^de	257.08 ^ab	145.5 ^de	28.28 ^a	19.53 ^a
SEM			0.04	0.17	0.39	0.16	0.33	1.81	3.69	0.32	0.28
P Value			0.0498	0.0125	0.0420	0.0089	0.04	0.0089	0.04	0.04	0.04

N =: number of lambs at each strain; BW: birth weight; W3_adj: adjusted weight at 3 months (weaning); W6_adj: adjusted weight at 6 months; Diff1: difference of weights at birth to 3 months; Diff2: difference of weights at 3–6 months; ADWG1; average daily weight gain from birth to 3 months; ADWG2: average daily weight gain from 3 to 6 months; FTH: fat-tail height; FTW: fat-tail width. a,b: The means with the same letter in each column are not significantly different in Duncan’s multiple range test at 0.05 level.