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Both sexes are usually hornless, though 10 – 15% of rams do have horns. |
Kizil (reddish), Karaman and Kara Koyun ( black sheep), Turkey |
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Short circular cross section in females. Horns are laterally positioned, and oriented outwardly and forwardly at the extremities. Some Somba have droopy horns. Others are polled. |
Konkomba , Togo |
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There is a very high incidence of polledness (37%). Horned goats have straight (32%) or curved horns (29%). |
Kotu-Oromo, Ethiopia |
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Usually present in males, triangular in cross-section, often only as scurs, otherwise typically curved backwards and then forwards; usually absent in females. |
Landoum, White Maure, White Arab, Senegal |
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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 |
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Most horns are perpendicular to the head and bend into a loop. |
Lebanese Jabali, Western Sahara |
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Horns are bent backwards, having a crescent shape. |
Lebanese Jabali, Western Sahara |
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Females are normally, but not always, hornless. If males have horns, they are usually short and pointed, turning backwards. Polls in males are as common as horns. |
Masai, Kipsigis, Luo, Nandi, Samburu, Kenya |
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Present in both sexes: heavy at base and fine at tip. |
Mashona, Small East African., Zimbabwe |
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Are present in both sexes and are generally short. They bend back ward and upward or slightly out ward and are often scimitar-shaped. They are also heavy at the base and fine at the tip. |
Mashona, Small East African., Zimbabwe |
On Farm |
