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Table 2.

Least squares means and standard errors (± SE) for birth, weaning, post-weaning and yearling weights for indigenous Tswana goats

	N	BW ± SE (kg)	WW ± SE (kg)	PW ± SE (kg)	YW ± SE (kg)	ADG(g)	ADG2(g)	ADG3 (g)
Overall	585	2.88 ± 0.03	12.15 ± 0.17	16.52 ± 0.28	21.04 ± 0.32	74.52 ± 1.41	28.78 ± 1.55	33.66 ± 2.28
Parity of does		***	ns	ns	*	ns	ns	ns
1	103	2.73 ± 0.06^b	12.50 ± 0.34^b	17.47 ± 0.40^b	21.45 ± 0.64	78.07 ± 2.97^b	37.04 ± 2.65^b	34.74 ± 4.83^b
2	312	2.97 ± 0.04^b	12.90 ± 0.22^a	18.20 ± 0.30^a	20.48 ± 0.49	82.28 ± 1.90^a	39.49 ± 2.02^a	41.71 ± 3.83^a
3	170	3.08 ± 0.05^a	13.00 ± 0.30^a	18.16 ± 0.37^a	21.59 ± 0.61	81.92 ± 2.48^a	38.43 ± 2.50^a	47.42 ± 4.58^a
Sex		*******	**	*******	*******	**	*	***
Female	286	2.84 ± 0.04^b	12.29 ± 0.23^b	16.99 ± 0.29^b	20.82 ± 0.47^b	76.75 ± 1.98^b	35.36 ± 1.98^b	32.49 ± 3.65^b
Male	299	3.01 ± 0.04^a	13.31 ± 0.24^a	18.89 ± 0.30^a	24.95 ± 0.50^a	84.77 ± 2.00^a	41.27 ± 2.08^a	50.09 ± 3.84^a
Type		***	***	***	***	***	ns	ns
1	184	3.23 ± 0.04^a	14.83 ± 0.25^a	20.17 ± 0.31^a	25.02 ± 0.52^a	95.10 ± 2.12^a	39.02 ± 2.11	40.59 ± 3.90
2	402	2.62 ± 0.03^b	10.77 ± 0.23^b	14.77 ± 0.30^b	20.75 ± 0.47^b	66.41 ± 2.00^b	37.62 ± 2.02	42.00 ± 3.71
Year	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
2005	285	3.06 ± 0.04^a	11.60 ± 0.20^c	12.87 ± 0.25^c	18.99 ± 0.42^c	70.17 ± 1.61^c	7.49 ± 1.58^c	49.80 ± 3.09^a
2006	77	3.00 ± 0.07^a	12.39 ± 0.59^b	18.77 ± 0.82^b	24.77 ± 1.36^a	75.12 ± 4.99^b	52.78 ± 5.66^a	56.15 ± 10.89^a
2007	112	2.92 ± 0.05^b	14.64 ± 0.26^a	20.85 ± 0.28^a	22.68 ± 0.45^b	97.71 ± 2.53^a	49.10 ± 1.83^ab	14.36 ± 3.25^b
2008	112	2.73 ± 0.06^c	12.57 ± 0.37^b	19.28 ± 0.47^ab	25.10 ± 0.71^a	80.01 ± 3.04^b	43.91 ± 3.36^b	44.85 ± 5.40^a

Means with the same letter are not significantly (P < 0.05) different. ns = not significant(P > 0.05). * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.001 ***. BW = Birth Weight; WW = Weaning Weight; PW = 8 Month Weight and YW = Yearling Weight