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 4

Selection criteria of dairy cows in Chora district.

Traits	Proportions								Index	Rank
Body length	18	0	6	14	44	12	22	22	0.167	1
Udder size	18	18	8	12	0	8	60	24	0.166	2
Pelvic width	20	30	4	44	8	40	12	0	0.138	3
Teat size	4	38	16	30	30	10	4	0	0.132	4
Height at wither	38	0	38	6	38	14	0	10	0.124	5
Navel flap size	18	38	42	2	0	24	38	0	0.117	6
Neck size	10	20	26	34	20	6	6	6	0.091	7
Dewlap size	18	0	4	2	0	30	2	82	0.066	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.