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Table 2 The main breeds of goats and sheep and the average number owned by households at baseline (2018) and monitoring (2021) in the three counties

From: Integration and adoption of climate resilient management practices for enhanced productivity of sheep and goats in pastoral communities of Northern Kenya

Category (S)

Breed (N)

The average number of animals owned (with standard deviation) (county)

Isiolo

Marsabit

Turkana

2018

2021

p -value

2018

2021

p -value

2018

2021

p -value

N

S

N

S

N

S

N

S

N

S

N

S

Goats

 Purebreds

Galla

0

0

3 (8)

4 (8)

ns

1 (8)

24 (19)

8 (11)

12 (11)

***

0

22 (19)

0

30 (18)

ns

Small East African

0

1 (1)

ns

23 (19)

4 (7)

***

22 (19)

30 (18)

*

 Crosses

Galla cross other

30 (45)

37 (42)

18 (34)

62 (36)

ns

0

1 (8)

25 (20)

39 (20)

***

0

2 (7)

0

0

 

Galla × SEA

7 (14)

44 (42)

***

1 (8)

14 (17)

**

2 (7)

0

ns

Total

37 (42)

66 (36)

*

25 (19)

51 (20)

***

24 (15)

 

30 (18)

 

ns

Sheep

 

 Purebreds

Blackhead Persian

17 (23)

17 (23)

28 (48)

34 (50)

ns

7 (8)

7 (8)

20 (26)

22 (26)

*

8 (7)

9 (7)

14 (11)

14 (11)

***

Dorper

0

6 (14)

ns

0

2 (6)

ns

0

0

 

Red Maasai

0

0

 

0

0

 

1 (3)

0

ns

 Crosses

Blackhead Persian × Dorper

5 (11)

10 (12)

17 (21)

39 (30)

*

0

0

14 (18)

31 (18)

***

1 (2)

2 (3)

0

0

ns

Blackhead Persian × Red Maasai

5 (13)

1 (4)

ns

0

1 (4)

ns

1 (3)

0

ns

Red Maasai × Dorper

0

7 (15)

**

0

7 (12)

**

0

0

 

Blackhead Persian × Red Maasai × Dorper

0

14 (28)

**

0

9 (14)

***

0

0

 

Total

28 (27)

73 (52)

**

7 (8)

53 (28)

***

11 (8)

14 (11)

*

  1. p-value indicating significant differences in the numbers of animals from 2018 to 2021
  2. ns not significant
  3. *** p < 0.001
  4. ** p < 0.01
  5. * p < 0.05