. 2021 Jul 3;7(7):e07472. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07472

Table 3.

Number of observations, overall mean, CV, significant level and least square mean (±SE) of EL, BL, CG, WH and PW of fat-tailed and thin-tailed female sheep breeds/types.

	N	EL (LSM±SE)	N	BL (LSM±SE)	N	CG (LSM±SE)	N	WH (LSM±SE)	N	PW (LSM±SE)
overall	651	10.5 ± 0.00	660	53.2 ± 0.00	660	75.3 ± 0.00	660	67.8 ± 0.00	660	15.5 ± 0.00
cv		20.2		5.25		5.41		5.34		9.09
breed		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗
Afar	112	4.4 ± 0.20^e	112	46.6 ± 0.27^d	112	66.6 ± 0.39^e	112	59.6 ± 0.34^d	112	13.1 ± 0.13^c
Tumele	116	7.4 ± 0.20^d	122	51.3 ± 0.26^c	122	72.7 ± 0.37^d	122	64.1 ± 0.33^c	122	15.4 ± 0.13^b
SSFT	109	10.2 ± 0.21^c	112	51.6 ± 0.27^c	112	71.6 ± 0.39^d	112	64.6 ± 0.35^c	112	15.8 ± 0.14^b
Gumz	104	12.6 ± 0.21^b	104	54.5 ± 0.25^b	104	77.4 ± 0.40^c	104	70.0 ± 0.36^b	104	15.6 ± 0.14^b
Rutana	115	14.8 ± 0.20^a	115	58.2 ± 0.27^a	115	82.7 ± 0.39^a	115	75.0 ± 0.34^a	115	16.7 ± 0.13^a
Begayit	95	14.5 ± 0.22^a	95	57.8 ± 0.29^a	95	81.4 ± 0.42^b	95	74.7 ± 0.37^a	95	16.5 ± 0.15^a
dentation		NS		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗
2PPI	204	10.5 ± 0.15	206	52.4 ± 0.20^b	206	73.1 ± 0.29^c	206	67.2 ± 0.26^b	206	15.2 ± 0.10^b
3PPI	205	10.8 ± 0.15	209	53.9 ± 0.20^a	209	75.9 ± 0.29^b	209	68.3 ± 0.25^a	209	15.7 ± 0.10^a
4PPI	242	10.7 ± 0.14	245	53.8 ± 0.18^a	245	77.2 ± 0.27^a	245	68.5 ± 0.24^a	245	15.6 ± 0.09^a

N = number of observations, CV = Coefficient of variation ∗∗∗ = significant at P < 0.001 and NS = non-significant, a,b,c,d,e, means different letters within the same column and class are statistically significant, EL = ear length, BL = body length, CG = chest girth, WH = wither height, PW = pelvic width; SE = Standard error, 2PPI = two pair of permanent incisors, 3PPI = three pair of permanent incisor and 4PPI = four and above pair of permanent incisors.