Breed

Body length

Wing span

Shank length

Abu-Dhabi

Al-Ain

Al-Dhafra

Abu-Dhabi

Al-Ain

Al-Dhafra

Abu-Dhabi

Al-Ain

Al-Dhafra

P-value

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.0005

Local

39.61 ± 0.23gh

39.7 ± 0.2gh

41.8 ± 0.4de

41.4 ± 0.3h

42.8 ± 0.2fg

45.0 ± 0.5c

5.6 ± 0.1g

5.7 ± 0.1fg

6.1 ± 0.1bde

Fancy

44.68 ± 0.24b

44.6 ± 0.3b

44.6 ± 0.8b

47.4 ± 0.3a

48.1 ± 0.4a

38.1 ± 1.0jk

6.8 ± 0.1ac

6.6 ± 0.1bc

7.1 ± 0.2a

Crossbred

42.73 ± 0.43cd

42.8 ± 0.4cd

44.2 ± 0.4b

44.1 ± 0.6cde

46.9 ± 0.5ab

43.5 ± 0.5defg

6.7 ± 0.1abc

6.3 ± 0.1bd

6.4 ± 0.1bd

Omani

40.3 ± 0.4fg

42.3 ± 0.5fgh

5.4 ± 0.1h

Pakistani

49.6 ± 2.3a

44.8 ± 0.8b

51.0 ± 2.9ab

41.4 ± 1.0ghi

7.1 ± 0.6abc

6.3 ± 0.2bd

Brahman

44.44 ± 1.16bc

44.9 ± 1.5abc

38.1 ± 0.8h

48.4 ± 1.5ab

49.8 ± 1.9a

33.1 ± 1.0l

6.2 ± 0.3bdefg

5.7 ± 0.4defgh

6.4 ± 0.2bcd

Kuwaiti

34.77 ± 1.06i

35.4 ± 0.6i

38.5 ± 1.4ijk

37.8 ± 0.8k

4.5 ± 0.3i

4.3 ± 0.2i

Fayomi

40.4 ± 0.8efgh

42.1 ± 1.0efgh

7.0 ± 0.2ac

Kerala

42.53 ± 1.24bcdef

38.3 ± 0.9h

46.1 ± 1.6abcd

40.7 ± 1.2ghij

6.5 ± 0.3abcd

5.4 ± 0.3gh

Other breeds¹

41.2 ± 0.5ef

41.1 ± 0.6ef

43.0 ± 0.7defg

45.3 ± 0.8bc

5.3 ± 0.1h

5.8 ± 0.2efg