Research Article
Performance Evaluation of Boer × Central Highland Crossbred Bucks and Farmers’ Perceptions on Crossbred Goats in Northeastern Ethiopia
Table 4
Odds ratio estimates of the productive attributes (crossbred vs indigenous goats).
| | Attributes | Genotype | VP (%) | P (%) | M (%) | G (%) | VG (%) | OR (95% CI) |
| | Physical appearance | Indigenous | — | 10.9 | 30.4 | 26.1 | 32.6 | 1.00 | | Crossbred | — | — | 21.7 | 32.6 | 45.7 | 9.16 (3.82 to 21.9) |
| | Growth rate | Indigenous | 3.20 | 9.70 | 41.9 | 16.1 | 29.0 | 1.00 | | Crossbred | — | — | — | 42.2 | 57.8 | 20.9 (6.42 to 39.6) |
| | Meat yield | Indigenous | — | 3.10 | 34.4 | 37.5 | 25.0 | 1.00 | | Crossbred | — | — | 16.7 | 40.0 | 43.3 | 3.94 (1.47 to 10.6) |
| | Milk yield | Indigenous | 2.90 | — | 11.8 | 50.0 | 35.3 | 1.00 | | Crossbred | — | — | 8.9 | 28.9 | 62.2 | 6.99 (2.47 to 19.8) |
| | Market preference | Indigenous | 2.50 | 5.00 | 55.0 | 27.5 | 10.0 | 1.00 | | Crossbred | — | — | 7.50 | 50.0 | 42.5 | 12.5 (4.53 to 34.8) |
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VP, very poor; P, poor; M, moderate; G, good; VG, very good; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Ns, ; , ; , . |
