Table 6.
Relative importance (accumulated weighted reasons) of trait categories as assessed by farmers for Best and Poor quality ewes by breed and site
| Best quality | Poor quality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Maasai | Dorper | Red Maasai | Dorper | |||||
| Trait complex | Amboseli | Isinya | Amboseli | Isinya | Amboseli | Isinya | Amboseli | Isinya |
| Body size and Growth | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.61 | 0.73 | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| Condition | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Reproduction and Milk | 0.45 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.56 | 0.70 |
| Adaptation | 0.13 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.22 |