all Horn Description Traits

Sex Meansort ascending SD SE SS Trait Value Location MC
Female Polled Unspecified-1402883446, Turkmenistan
Overall Thick and light. Borrie, Nigeria
Overall Horns are absent in ewes and often in rams, which have mostly weak horns. Murle, Turkana, Gabbra, Uruguay On Station
Male Most horns are perpendicular to the head and bend into a loop. Lebanese Jabali, Western Sahara
Overall More rarely lyre-shaped horns of medium size and circular cross-section. Cattle without horns or with loose horns also occur. Unspecified-1402883383, Madagascar
Overall Most male goats have straight horns (85%) oriented backwards (77%). There are 12% polled males in the population. Unspecified-1402883406, Ethiopia
Overall Horns usually present in males, slightly ribbed and spiralling backwards and outwards, then forwards. Unspecified-1402883412, Niger
Overall Almost all the sheep were polled except in rare cases Bonga, Ethiopia On Farm
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