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Table 3 Number of cattle and other animal species per type of owner

From: The implications of herd entrustment practice for the sustainable use of cattle genetic resources in the (agro)-pastoral systems of West Africa: A case study from Benin

 

Overall (n = 211)

Owner-managers (n = 121)

Absentee-owners (n = 90)

Mann-Whitney U test (p value)

Means ± SD

Cattle (n)

5.3 ± 4.12

4.8 ± 3.70

6.1 ± 4.53

0.040

Sheep (n)

3.1 ± 5.38

2.8 ± 5.26

3.5 ± 5.54

0.062

Goats (n)

3.6 ± 3.80

2.6 ± 3.18

4.9 ± 4.15

0.001

Pig (n)

1.5 ± 2.47

1.1 ± 1.70

2.2 ± 3.13

0.002

Total livestock (TLUa)

5.2 ± 3.56

4.6 ± 3.19

6.1 ± 3.83

0.001

  1. aTLU tropical livestock unit: standardized animal of 250 kg live weight; 1 cattle = 0.8 TLU; 1 pig = 0.2 TLU; 1 sheep/goat = 0.1 TLU