Category

SBW (kg)

HCW (kg)

CCW (kg)

Sh. Loss (%)

TEOffal (kg)

TNEP (kg)

CDP (%)

TDP (%)

Mean ± SE

Breeds

Arsi

160.2 ± 7.9 ^a

82 ± 4.8^a

76.6 ± 4.5^a

6.4 ± 1.5^a

13.2 ± 0.5^ab

32.6 ± 1.1^b

51.1 ± 0.8^a

79.3 ± 1.9^a

Borana

197.3 ± 15.8^a

97.5 ± 9.7^a

91.6 ± 8.7^a

5.8 ± 0.9^a

15.9 ± 1.0^a

39.6 ± 1.8^a

49.1 ± 1.2^a

79.8 ± 1.3^a

HF-Cross

186.2 ± 18.4^a

86.5 ± 7.9^a

85.0 ± 8.0^a

1.8 ± 0.5^a

16.2 ± 1.5^a

36.5 ± 1.5^ab

46.6 ± 1.2^a

76.8 ± 1.6^a

Harar

169.6 ± 9.3^a

81.3 ± 3.9^a

77.6 ± 4.7^a

4.7 ± 1.4^a

12.5 ± 0.6^b

35.0 ± 1.2^ab

48.3 ± 1.0^a

77.3 ± 1.8^a

P-value

NS

NS

NS

NS

**

**

NS

NS

Age

2 - 3 yrs

158.1 ± 5.9^b

78 ± 3.2^b

73.5 ± 3.2^b

5.8 ± 1.0^a

13.1 ± 0.4^b

33.9 ± 1.0^b

49.3 ± 0.7^a

79.4 ± 0.8^a

4 - 5 yrs

198.1 ± 9.9^a

95.6 ± 5.3^a

92.0 ± 4.7^a

3.6 ± 0.7^a

15.9 ± 0.9^a

38.1 ± 1.1^a

48.3 ± 0.9^a

77.2 ± 1.4^a

P-value

**

*

**

NS

**

**

NS

NS

Overall

179.1 ± 1.0

86.8 ± 3.5

82.7 ± 3.4

4.7 ± 0.6

14.5 ± 0.5

35.9 ± 0.8

48.8 ± 0.6

78.3 ± 0.8

Breed * Age

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

CV

14.8

17.6

17.3

26.5

13.3

8.6

5.7

5.0