all Horn Description Traits

Sex Mean 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 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 Polled. Bonga, Ethiopia
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
Overall Most male goats have straight horns (85%) oriented backwards (77%). There are 12% polled males in the population. Unspecified-1402883406, Ethiopia
Ewe Ewes are generally hornless (only 1 – 2% are horned) Unspecified-1402883446, Turkey
Overall The horns, which in profile usually appear set behind the face, are long and slender; they project laterally with a downward and backward sweep and in the mature animal are characteristically twisted. In cross section they are oval. Unspecified-1402883390, South Africa
Overall Horns turned back to the nape of the nake, some animals are also polled. Unspecified-1402883403, Uganda
Overall A great number of Kenana cattle are polled and some show loose horns about eight inches long. Unspecified-1402883376, Sudan
Female The horns are finger and scimitar-shape though some will have only scars. Bantu, Matabeleland., Zimbabwe On Farm