Table 4.
Trait preferences as assessed by farmers for the Best quality ewes
| Amboseli | Isinya | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasonsa | Weighted reasonsb | Reasonsa | Weighted reasonsb | |||||||
| Breed and Trait group | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sum | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sum | ||
| Red Maasai | ||||||||||
| Body Size and Growth | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0.27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 0.35 |
| Condition | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Milk Production | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0.17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0.17 |
| Reproduction and Mothering Ability | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0.27 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.09 |
| Drought Tolerance | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0.17 |
| Disease Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0.18 |
| Breed Attributes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.05 |
| Dorper | ||||||||||
| Body Size and Growth | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0.53 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 0.71 |
| Condition | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Milk Production | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.14 |
| Reproduction and Mothering Ability | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.12 |
| Drought Tolerance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Disease Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Breed Attributes | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Cross | ||||||||||
| Body Size and Growth | 12 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0.30 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 0.58 |
| Condition | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Milk Production | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0.20 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.21 |
| Reproduction and Mothering Ability | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.13 |
| Drought Tolerance | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 |
| Disease Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Breed Attributes | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
aReasons 1–3, where the most important reason was weighted by 3, etc.
bWeighted reasons as proportion of the total sum of reasons by breed and site