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Table 5 Effects of sampling location on the morphological traits of Nigerian sheep breeds

From: Morphological and microsatellite DNA diversity of Nigerian indigenous sheep

 

South

Middle belt

North East

North West

North Central

 

Balami

Uda

WAD

Yankasa

Balami

Uda

WAD

Yankasa

Balami

Uda

WAD

Yankasa

Balami

Uda

WAD

Yankasa

Balami

Uda

WAD

Yankasa

BW

45.66 ± 6.37

43.00 ± 3.67

20.91 ± 2.01

44.26 ± 2.53

47.22 ± 3.67

46.99 ± 3.32

-

28.47 ± 1.74

32.79 ± 1.61

32.10 ± 2.08

-

23.00 ± 7.80

42.32 ± 1.32

40.15 ± 1.89

-

27.08 ± 2.67

34.18 ± 2.01

34.38 ± 3.18

-

29.15 ± 1.64

BL

102.66 ± 11.77

98.11 ± 6.79

76.86 ± 3.72

92.000 ± 4.67

110.09 ± 6.79

108.89 ± 6.14

-

98.94 ± 3.22

59.74 ± 2.95

102.47 ± 3.85

-

70.55 ± 14.42

108.43 ± 2.45

106.11 ± 3.49

-

99.76 ± 4.94

58.09 ± 5.88

58.09 ± 5.88

-

80.60 ± 3.04

TL

44.00 ± 4.03

41.74 ± 2.32

19.41 ± 1.27

36.36 ± 1.60

43.78 ± 2.32

44.50 ± 2.10

-

31.47 ± 1.10

44.06 ± 1.01

43.71 ± 1.32

-

44.50 ± 4.93

47.51 ± 0.84

45.85 ± 1.19

-

37.47 ± 1.69

37.47 ± 1.27

41.84 ± 2.01

-

36.05 ± 1.04

WH

74.66 ± 5.19

77.88 ± 3.00

49.28 ± 1.64

65.23 ± 2.06

79.29 ± 3.0

82.01 ± 2.71

-

68.95 ± 1.42

67.62 ± 1.31

70.92 ± 1.70

-

55.50 ± 6.36

73.56 ± 1.08

72.67 ± 1.54

-

69.52 ± 2.18

72.59 ± 1.64

69.05 ± 2.59

-

65.60 ± 1.34

RW

77.00 ± 4.17

78.33 ± 2.40

52.11 ± 1.31

68.39 ± 1.65

77.57 ± 2.40

79.60 ± 2.17

-

67.69 ± 1.14

73.25 ± 1.05

71.65 ± 1.36

-

62.75 ± 5.11

74.88 ± 0.87

74.20 ± 1.23

-

69.58 ± 1.75

70.42 ± 1.31

71.53 ± 2.08

-

64.85 ± 1.07

CG

76.50 ± 5.58

78.92 ± 3.22

61.45 ± 1.76

72.26 ± 2.21

82.05 ± 3.22

86.60 ± 2.91

-

75.60 ± 1.52

75.57 ± 1.41

78.87 ± 1.82

-

71.00 ± 6.83

80.32 ± 1.16

81.79 ± 1.65

-

78.05 ± 2.34

76.94 ± 1.76

74.31 ± 2.79

-

70.70 ± 1.44

CD

33.66 ± 6.71

33.33 ± 3.87

24.03 ± 2.12

30.15 ± 2.66

36.56 ± 3.87

41.26 ± 3.50

-

32.72 ± 1.83

25.31 ± 1.69

32.65 ± 2.19

-

48.00 ± 8.22

34.37 ± 1.40

35.58 ± 1.99

-

33.94 ± 2.82

20.24 ± 2.12

17.72 ± 3.35

-

27.67 ± 1.73

RH

15.16 ± 1.35

14.61 ± 0.78

11.46 ± 0.42

12.86 ± 0.53

15.51 ± 0.78

15.65 ± 0.70

-

14.08 ± 0.37

13.84 ± 0.34

14.42 ± 0.44

-

12.05 ± 1.65

15.39 ± 0.28

16.02 ± 0.40

-

13.35 ± 0.56

14.55 ± 0.42

11.80 ± 0.67

-

13.47 ± 0.35

FCL

20.00 ± 1.75

20.88 ± 1.01

13.45 ± 0.55

17.21 ± 0.69

18.95 ± 1.01

20.37 ± 0.91

-

16.48 ± 0.48

11.41 ± 0.44

16.62 ± 0.57

-

15.60 ± 2.15

14.78 ± 0.36

14.55 ± 0.52

-

13.94 ± 0.73

10.68 ± 0.55

8.98 ± 0.87

-

13.28 ± 0.45

EL

19.83 ± 2.06

20.33 ± 1.19

13.03 ± 0.65

16.26 ± 0.82

18.83 ± 1.19

21.46 ± 1.07

-

13.12 ± 0.56

14.77 ± 0.52

15.75 ± 0.67

-

12.00 ± 2.52

13.62 ± 0.43

13.89 ± 0.61

-

11.52 ± 0.86

14.48 ± 0.65

13.64 ± 1.03

-

13.30 ± 0.53