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Table 4 Returns, costs and profits per ewe per year (US $) obtained from selection in common Tigray highland sheep using four alternative breeding schemes

From: Optimization of alternative breeding schemes for the genetic improvement of common Tigray highland sheep in northern Ethiopia

Parameters

Village-based breeding scheme

Central open nucleus breeding scheme

Scheme 1

Scheme 2

Scheme 3

Scheme 4

Return/ewe/year (US $)

3.039

3.417

2.913

2.303

Cost/ewe/year (US $)

2.326

2.510

0.185

0.136

Fixed costs per ewe (US $)

1.480

1.577

0.118

0.074

Variable costs (US $)

0.846

0.933

0.067

0.062

Profit/ewe/year (US $)

0.713

0.908

2.728

2.167

  1. 1USD = 29.54 Birr, in July 2019
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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