Table 1.

Phenotypic characteristics of wool production traits in Egyptian sheep.

Traits${}^{\mathrm{a}}$	Breeds${}^{\mathrm{b}}$
	Barki (206)				Rahmani (28)				Ossimi (28)
	Av.	SD	Min.	Max.	Av.	SD	Min.	Max.	Av.	SD	Min.	Max.
GFW, g	1128.22	379.38	300	1900	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
SL, cm	8.01	1.75	4.33	13.00	8.61	1.41	6.5	11	7.15	2.06	4	12.66
FD, $\mathrm{\mu }$m	26.55	4.48	18.35	49.68	25.83	3.11	18.85	29.88	30.28	3.43	23.28	38.76
SD${}_{\mathrm{fd}}$, $\mathrm{\mu }$m	15.26	8.13	7.37	48.64	11.56	3.14	6.95	9.13	14.66	4.55	8.06	23.86
MF%	13.69	9.76	0.6	42.4	13.24	5.61	5.2	25.4	10.86	5.57	4.6	25.6
PF%	26.00	3.88	10.11	63.18	21.1	10.46	1.4	40.6	33.34	10.69	49.2	12
CR%	1.11	0.38	0.25	1.65	0.78	0.14	0.48	1.01	0.62	0.15	0.9	0.39

${}^{\mathrm{a}}$ GFW: greasy fleece weight (g); SL: staple length (cm); FD: fiber diameter ($\mathrm{\mu }$m); SD${}_{\mathrm{fd}}$: the standard deviation of FD; MF: modulated fiber; PF: pickle factor; CR: crimp percentage %. ${}^{\mathrm{b}}$ Av.: average; SD: standard deviation; Min.: minimum; Max.: maximum; NA: not available.