Table 1.

Description of the animal population

Study population attributes	Attribute level (N = 6054)
	Sampled (n)	%
a) Age
0-12 months	1205	19.9
13-24months	1264	20.9
25-36months	953	15.7
>36 months	2632	43.5
b) Sex
Female	3117	51.5
Male	2568	42.4
Neutered	369	6.1
c) Breed
Boran × short horn Zebu cross	5869	96.9
Boran × Holstein Friesian cross	89	1.5
African short horn Zebu (Nkedi)	96	1.6