Table 10.

Reproductive performances of indigenous sheep population in the study area

Reproductive parameters	Agro ecology of the study district
	Highland		Mid-altitude		Over all mean
	N	Mean ± SE	N	Mean ± SE	N	Mean ± SE
Average age at sexual maturity of (male; month)	64	7 ± 0.12b	64	7.15 ± 0.2a	128	7.07 ± 0.16
Average age at sexual maturity (female; month)	64	7.68 ± 0.23b	64	7.8 ± 0.12a	128	7.74 ± 0.175
Age at first lambing	64	12.16 ± 0.27b	64	13.5 ± 0.21a	128	12.84 ± 0.24
Lambing interval	64	9.38 ± 0.07b	64	9.8 ± 0.14a	128	9.59 ± 0.1
Reproductive life time of ewes (years)	64		64	7.86 ± 0.06b	128	8.1 ± 0.11
Average number of lambs per ewes life time	64	9.1 ± 0.23a	64	8.28 ± 0.14b	128	8.69 ± 0.185
Average number of lambs per lambing	64	1.3 ± 0.34a	64	1.2 ± 0.15b	128	1.25 ± 0.24

Different superscripts denote significant differences at p < 0.05 between means of the agro ecologies

n number HH, SE standard error