Performance Evaluation of Boer × Central Highland Crossbred Bucks and Farmers’ Perceptions on Crossbred Goats in Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 5

Odds ratio estimates of the adaptability attributes (crossbred vs indigenous goats).

Attributes	Genotype	VP (%)	P (%)	M (%)	G (%)	VG (%)	OR (95% CI)
Feed requirement	Indigenous	2.40	17.1	36.6	19.5	24.4	1.00
	Crossbred	—	4.70	2.30	20.9	72.1	34.7 (14.1 to 55.7)
Diseases resistance	Indigenous	—	—	18.4	63.2	18.4	1.00
	Crossbred	13.6	45.5	27.3	9.10	4.50	0.05 (0.02 to 0.13)
Kid survival	Indigenous	2.30	4.7	60.5	32.6	0.00	1.00
	Crossbred	—	34.2	39.5	21.1	5.30	0.08 (0.03 to 0.23)
Drought tolerance	Indigenous	—	4.50	18.2	52.3	25.0	1.00
	Crossbred	2.30	34.1	50.0	9.10	4.50	0.02 (0.01 to 0.08)
Cold tolerance	Indigenous	—	—	5.00	25.0	70.0	1.00
	Crossbred	5.10	23.1	30.8	17.9	23.1	0.58 (0.26 to 1.30)^ns
Heat tolerance	Indigenous	—	10.3	33.3	38.5	17.9	1.00
	Crossbred	6.70	20.0	46.7	20.0	6.70	0.04 (0.01 to 0.10)
Walking ability	Indigenous	—	—	11.4	47.7	40.9	1.00
	Crossbred	—	22.5	52.5	22.5	2.50	0.02 (0.00 to 0.06)

VP, very poor; P, poor; M, moderate; G, good; VG, very good; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Ns, ; , ; , .