Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the morphological traits of Nigerian sheep breeds

20.12 ± 1.23^d

30.87 ± 1.05^c

37.86 ± 1.20^a

39.00 ± 0.94^a

52.35 ± 1.07^d

68.52 ± 0.6^c

74.53 ± 0.87^a

74.31 ± 0.59^a

52.12 ± 0.87^d

67.44 ± 0.63^c

73.78 ± 0.82^a

73.64 ± 0.57^a

76.87 ± 1.53^d

93.56 ± 0.91^c

99.40 ± 0.99^a

101.77 ± 1.21^a

13.03 ± 0.39^c

13.19 ± 0.28^c

15.63 ± 0.54^a

14.54 ± 0.28^b

13.45 ± 0.21^d

14.85 ± 0.22^c

16.53 ± 0.31^a

15.60 ± 0.19^b

19.42 ± 0.63^d

35.28 ± 0.54^c

44.13 ± 0.73^a

39.67 ± 0.50^a

65.04 ± 1.60^d

75.83 ± 0.90^c

81.30 ± 1.12^a

82.87 ± 1.19^a

25.73 ± 0.78^d

33.38 ± 0.45^c

35.22 ± 0.58^a

33.82 ± 0.32^a

11.84 ± 0.29^d

13.77 ± 0.22^c

15.35 ± 0.30^a

15.32 ± 0.22^a