Table 5 |
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| Effect of doe breed on whole-herd cumulative kids weaned per available doeaunder the alternative culling protocol | |||
| Breed of doe | |||
| Item | Boer | Kiko | Spanish |
| Stayability: Year 2 | |||
| Does available, n | 132 | 92 | 79 |
| Total kids weanedb, n | 1.35 ± 0.18x | 2.38 ± 0.32y | 2.54 ± 0.37y |
| Change in total kids weanedbc, n | -0.05 ± 0.03 | -0.05 ± 0.03 | -0.05 ± 0.03 |
| Stayability: Year 3 | |||
| Does available, n | 115 | 75 | 70 |
| Total kids weanedb, n | 1.95 ± 0.27x | 3.37 ± 0.47y | 3.64 ± 0.51y |
| Change in total kids weanedbc, n | -0.15 ± 0.06* | -0.24 ± 0.07* | -0.21 ± 0.08* |
| Stayability: Year 5 | |||
| Does available, n | 67 | 51 | 51 |
| Total kids weanedb, n | 2.87 ± 0.33x | 5.42 ± 0.56y | 5.91 ± 0.61y |
| Change in total kids weanedbc, n | -0.46 ± 0.15* | -0.71 ± 0.18* | -0.35 ± 0.18 |
aDoes with opportunity to reach a stayability endpoint.
bLeast square mean ± se.
cChange from the actual culling protocol.
x,yMeans within a row not sharing a common superscript differ (P < 0.001).
*Mean within cell differs from 0 (P ≤ 0.01).
Pellerin and Browning BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:136 doi:10.1186/1746-6148-8-136
