Evaluation of the Crossbreeding Scheme and Farmers’ Perception of Awassi and Dorper Crossbred Sheep

Table 8

Perception of farmers (n= 238) on productivity traits.

Trait	Breed	Awassi crossbreeding						Dorper crossbreeding
		VP (%)	P (%)	M (%)	G (%)	VG (%)	OR (95% CI)	VP (%)	P (%)	M (%)	G (%)	VG (%)	OR (95% CI)
PA	Indigenous	8.37	43.8	45.3	1.97	0.49	1.00	2.86	5.71	82.9	8.57	0.00	1.00
	Crossbred	0.00	0.00	6.40	27.1	66.5	82.3^∗∗∗	0.00	0.00	8.57	25.7	65.7	68.7^∗∗∗
GR	Indigenous	4.57	49.2	43.1	2.03	1.02	1.00	0.00	14.3	80.0	5.71	0.00	1.00
	Crossbred	0.00	0.51	3.06	17.3	79.1	90.0^∗∗∗	0.00	0.00	8.57	31.4	60.0	72.2^∗∗∗
MQ	Indigenous	1.13	3.39	13.0	30.5	52.0	1.00	0.00	6.06	57.6	18.2	18.2	1.00
	Crossbred	0.00	14.6	51.7	26.9	6.74	0.10^∗∗∗	0.00	6.06	30.3	24.2	39.4	2.69^∗
WY	Indigenous	4.21	27.4	51.6	12.6	4.21	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Crossbred	2.65	6.35	11.6	42.3	37.0	12.7^∗∗∗	—	—	—	—	—	—
MY	Indigenous	3.77	39.6	43.4	8.81	4.40	1.00	0.00	0.00	86.4	13.6	0.00	1.00
	Crossbred	0.63	6.25	3.13	38.7	51.2	32.8^∗∗∗	5.26	0.00	21.0	26.3	47.4	15.8^∗∗∗
MP	Indigenous	1.60	41.0	45.7	10.6	1.06	1.00	0.00	0.00	58.1	29.0	12.9	1.00
	Crossbred	0.53	1.60	1.60	10.1	86.2	89.1^∗∗∗	0.00	0.00	12.9	29.0	58.1	9.30^∗∗∗
CT	Indigenous	0.51	1.54	12.8	28.2	56.9	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Crossbred	3.61	22.7	40.2	26.	6.70	0.07^∗∗∗	—	—	—	—	—	—
DR	Indigenous	0.52	3.13	12.0	22.4	61.9	1.00	0.00	0.00	2.86	28.6	68.6	1.00
	Crossbred	6.81	35.1	46.6	8.90	2.62	0.03 ^ns	2.86	57.1	37.1	2.86	0.00	0.01^∗∗∗
DRT	Indigenous	0.50	1.01	8.54	19.1	70.8	1.00	0.00	0.00	11.7	26.5	61.8	1.00
	Crossbred	7.5	41.7	41.2	7.54	2.01	0.01 ^ns	2.94	26.5	61.8	8.82	0.00	0.01^∗∗∗
FR	Indigenous	1.06	24.5	53.7	11.2	9.57	1.00	0.00	5.71	68.6	20.0	5.71	1.00
	Crossbred	2.69	12.4	3.76	13.4	67.7	10.5^∗∗∗	0.00	0.00	14.3	28.6	57.1	18.9^∗∗∗
HT	Indigenous	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00	0.00	17.1	22.9	60.0	1.00
	Crossbred	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00	23.5	70.6	5.88	0.00	0.01^∗∗∗
WA	Indigenous	0.00	1.59	10.0	22.2	66.1	1.00	0.00	0.00	11.4	34.3	54.3	1.00
	Crossbred	2.12	29.6	46.0	19.0	3.17	0.03 ^ns	0.00	14.3	82.9	2.86	0.00	0.01^∗∗∗
LS	Indigenous	0.58	11.6	37.8	27.9	22.1	1.00	0.00	0.00	20.0	48.6	31.4	1.00
	Crossbred	0.58	11.7	36.3	37.4	14.0	0.90 ^ns	0.00	22.9	45.7	22.9	8.57	0.12 ^ns

VP, very poor, P, poor; M, moderate; VG, very good; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. PA, physical appearance; GR, growth rate; MQ, meat quality; WY, wool yield; MY, milk yield; MP, market preference; CT, cold tolerance; DR, diseases resistance; DRT, drought tolerance; FR, feed requirement; HT, heat tolerance; WA, walking ability; LS, lamb survival, Ns,  > 0.05; ^∗ < 0.05; ^∗∗∗ < 0.001; 1.00, reference