Table 1 Coat color pattern and color type of Arab and Oromo goat populations by sex
From: Morphological characterization of Arab and Oromo goats in northwestern Ethiopia
Characters and attributes | Goat population | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arab | Oromo | ||||||
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Coat color pattern | |||||||
Plain | 21 (50.00) | 150 (69.44) | 171 (66.28) | 37 (48.68) | 232 (56.17) | 269 (55.01) | *** |
Patchy | 18 (42.86) | 42 (19.44) | 60 (23.26) | 35 (46.05) | 139 (33.66) | 174 (35.58) | |
Spotted | 3 (7.14) | 24 (11.11) | 27 (10.47) | 4 (5.26) | 42 (10.17) | 46 (9.41) | |
Coat color type | |||||||
White | 10 (23.81) | 77 (35.65) | 87 (33.72) | 10 (13.16) | 94 (22.76) | 104 (21.27) | *** |
Brown | 7 (16.67) | 36 (16.67) | 43 (16.67) | 32 (42.11) | 104 (25.18) | 136 (27.81) | |
Black | 1 (2.38) | 9 (4.17) | 10 (3.88) | – | 6 (1.45) | 6 (1.23) | |
Gray | 3 (7.14) | 16 (7.40) | 19 (7.36) | 10 (13.16) | 48 (11.62) | 58 (11.86) | |
White + brown | 5 (11.9) | 17 (7.87) | 22 (8.53) | 2 (2.63) | 24 (5.81) | 26 (5.32) | |
White + black | 6 (14.29) | 30 (13.89) | 36 (13.95) | 16 (21.05) | 84 (20.34) | 100 (20.45) | |
Brown + black | 2 (4.76) | 5 (2.32) | 7 (2.71) | 2 (2.63) | 10 (2.42) | 12 (2.45) | |
Brown + gray | 3 (7.14) | 4 (1.85) | 7 (2.71) | – | – | – | |
Gray + black | 1 (2.38) | 3 (1.39) | 4 (1.55) | – | – | – | |
White + brown + black | 3 (7.14) | 9 (4.17) | 12 (4.65) | – | 31 (7.51) | 31 (6.34) | |
White + brown + gray | – | 4 (1.85) | 4 (1.55) | – | 4 (0.97) | 4 (0.82) | |
White + gray + black | 1 (2.38) | 1 (0.46) | 2 (0.78) | – | – | – | |
Brown + black + gray | – | 5 (2.32) | 5 (1.94) | 4 (5.26) | 8 (1.94) | 12 (2.45) | |