Research, Policy and Practice
Table 4 Total number, percentage of goats and sheep of different age and sex
Age groups | Proportion/herd (%) | Population/herd (Head) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | SD | SE | Range | Average | Range | |
Goat | ||||||
Buck (Nari) | 8 | 5.3 | 1 | 3-29 | 22 | 4-90 |
Doe (Torshiz) | 44 | 10.5 | 1.9 | 30-65 | 122 | 80-240 |
Castrated male (Akhte) | 5 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 0-16 | 14 | 0-100 |
Male yearling (Chavosh) | 7 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0-20 | 19 | 0-90 |
Female yearling (Gise) | 12 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 6-20 | 32 | 15-60 |
Male kid (Kare) | 10 | 5.4 | 1 | 0-19 | 28 | 0-75 |
Female kid (Kare) | 14 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 5-38 | 39 | 13-110 |
Sheep | ||||||
Ram (Ghooch) | 6 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0-14 | 3 | 0-10 |
Ewe (Meesh) | 45 | 23.2 | 4.2 | 0-64 | 25 | 0-100 |
Male yearling (Shishak) | 4 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0-14 | 2 | 0-6 |
Female yearling (Kavor) | 18 | 10 | 1.8 | 0-25 | 10 | 0-50 |
Male kid (Barre) | 7 | 8 | 1.5 | 0-29 | 4 | 0-10 |
Female kid (Barre) | 20 | 10.5 | 1.9 | 0-30 | 11 | 0-40 |