all Horn Description Traits

Sex Mean SD SE SS Trait Value Location MCsort descending
Overall The horns are short, moderately thick at the base but quickly becoming thin as the horns project outwards and upwards. Unspecified-1402883385, Nigeria
Overall Present or absent in both sexes: males flattened in cross-section, directed backwards with little lateral tendency; females finer and scimitar-shaped, some females have only scurs. Bantu, Matabeleland., Zimbabwe
Ewe Are polled, some have small rudimentary horns. Unspecified-1402883449, Turkey
Overall Horns are mainly curved (41% in males, 46% in females), and pointed backwards in 38% of males and upwards in 48% females. Some 13% of horns in both sexes have a lateral orientation. A high incidence of polledness was recorded in both sexes (19 in males an Large-White Somali, Digodi, Melebo, Boran Somali, Benadir, Gigwain, Ethiopia
Overall Both sexes are hornless. Unspecified-1402883397, Ethiopia
Overall Generally, the males have horns while the ewes are polled. Some ewes do have horns, however Unspecified-1402883449, Turkey
Overall In both sexes: short to medium in length, slightly heavier in males but set close together on the skull; rather flattened dorso-ventrally and growing backwards close to the head and neck. Nigerian, Red Skin, Sokoto Red, Kano Brown (Kyasuwa), Katsina Light Brown, Mambilla, Bornu White, Buduma (in Chad), Damagaran dapple-grey , Nigeria
Overall Are small to medium in length and not thick, they usually project outwards, upwards and slightly forwards, but may also be devoid of cores and hung down wards. Peuhl, Foulbé , Cameroon
Overall Present in both sexes: thick in males, set at least 2.5 cm apart at the base and spreading upwards, backwards and outwards; less heavy in females but also set apart and sloping backwards and outwards. Unspecified-1402883398, South Africa
Male Usually have long horns. Unspecified-1402883451, Turkmenistan