all Horn Description Traits

Sex Mean SD SE SS Trait Value Location MC
Overall Both sexes are horneless. Danakil, Adal, Ethiopia On Station
Overall Present in 96 percent of both sexes but 31 per cent have rudimentary horns or scurs; heavier in males than females but grow upwards and backwards in both sexes. Mozambique (Landim=Landrace in Portuguese); Small East African., Mozambique
Overall Project outwards, upwards and slightly forwards. The horns are of medium length and generally round in cross section. Unspecified-1402883389, Swaziland
Ewe Are polled or carry only rudimentary horns. Ethiopian Highland, Abyssinian, Ethiopia
Overall Small, usually crescent-shaped Arusi, Ethiopia
Ewe Polled. Unspecified-1402883423, Tunisia
Overall Both male and females are polled, but some animals have small or rudimentary horns. Unspecified-1402883450, Turkey
Overall Short Unspecified-1402883372, Cameroon
Overall Virtually all males have horns, 82% being straight and pointed backwards, 13% curved and 5% spiral. Brown Goat, Ethiopia On Farm
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