all Horn Description Traits

Sex Meansort descending SD SE SS Trait Value Location MC
Overall Horns are absent in ewes and often in rams, which have mostly weak horns. Murle, Turkana, Gabbra, Uruguay On Station
Overall Small spiral and flattened, sometimes absent. Unspecified-1402883424, Morocco
Male Have prominent spiral horns very similar to those of the KIvIrcIk Unspecified-1402883451, Turkey
Overall Short Unspecified-1402883372, Cameroon
Overall Most male goats have straight horns (85%) oriented backwards (77%). There are 12% polled males in the population. Unspecified-1402883406, Ethiopia
Unspecified Present or absent in both sexes: strong in males (black colour preferred) and of medium length with open homonymous twist with straight axis projecting backwards and outwards; lighter, scimitar shaped and backward curving in female. Unspecified-1402883399, South Africa On Farm
Overall Horns are short and thin and project outwards and upwards from the head and slightly forward. Polled animals are fairly common. Unspecified-1402883372, Sudan On Station
Overall Both sexes are polled. Hamdani, Turkmenistan
Overall The majority of them are polled, while the rest have stumpy or curved type of floating horns. Unspecified-1402883394, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall Present in both sexes: curving outwards and backwards in males; females’ horns lighter and scimitar shaped; polled animals very rare. Chevre Commune, Chevre Locale, Long-hair goat, Short-hair goat, Burundi