Table 3

	CG	BL	WH	RH	RW	TL	TW	RL	BW
CG		0.39*	0.33*	0.42*	0.20*	0.13^ns	0.08^ns	0.18*	0.68*
BL	0.68*		0.29*	0.30*	0.08^ns	0.11^ns	-0.06^ns	0.08^ns	0.38*
WH	0.66*	0.57*		0.84*	0.13^ns	0.07^ns	0.10^ns	0.12^ns	0.30*
RH	0.68*	0.56*	0.91*		0.15*	0.07^ns	0.06^ns	0.15*	0.37*
RW	0.60*	0.43*	0.40*	0.39*		0.08^ns	0.40*	0.11^ns	0.23*
TL	-0.23*	-0.08^ns	-0.23*	-0.30*	-0.15^ns		0.19*	0.15*	0.22*
TW	0.64*	0.33*	0.33*	0.35*	0.54*	-0.09^ns		0.15*	0.22*
RL	0.59*	0.41*	0.46*	0.51*	0.39*	-0.25*	0.22^ns		0.26*
BW	0.73*	0.53*	0.62*	0.64*	0.42*	-0.14^ns	0.44*	0.53*
SC	0.50*	0.43*	0.33*	0.37*	0.37	-0.11^ns	0.40*	0.13^ns	0.37*

NS= Non-significant (P<0.05); * significant at 0.05 level; BL=Body Length; CG=Chest Girth; WH=Wither height; RH=Rump Height; RW =Rump Width; TL=Tail Length; TW=Tail Width RL=Rump Length; BW=Body Weight; SC =Scrotal circumference

Table 3: Correlation coefficients among body measurements and weight of females and males of indigenous Debre Libanos sheep (values above the diagonal are for females and below the diagonal are for males) (N=80 for male; N=200 for females).