Indigenous Knowledge of Farmers in Breeding Practice and Selection Criteria of Dairy Cows at Chora and Gechi Districts of Ethiopia: An Implication for Genetic Improvements

Table 3

Selection criteria of dairy cows in Gechi district.

Traits	Proportions								Index	Rank
Teat size	14	20	12	14	46	26	14	0	0.191	1
Udder size	2	28	28	56	8	10	12	0	0.182	2
Pelvic width	2	30	30	30	22	14	20	0	0.153	3
Body length	66	0	2	0	8	18	14	38	0.13	4
Neck size	12	12	20	0	24	44	28	2	0.12	5
Height at wither	14	2	22	0	30	30	32	10	0.116	6
Navel flap size	0	52	26	44	0	2	20	0	0.068	7
Dewlap size	34	0	4	0	6	0	4	94	0.04	8

Index = [(8 for rank 1) + (7 for rank 2) + (6 for rank 3) + (5 for rank 4) + (4 for rank 5) + (3 for rank 6) + (2 for rank 7) + (1 for rank 8)] for each of the traits divided by sum of all the traits.