Table 6. Meat yield characteristics of Pekin and Nageswari and their crossbreds at 12^th week of age

Trait¹	Pekin (P) [n=4]	Nageswari (N) [n=4]	P ♂ × N ♀ [n=4]	N ♂ × P ♀ [n=4]	Level of significance²
Average live weight (g)	1,792.50^a±61.32	1,303.00^b±59.27	1,655.00^a±103.15	1,640.50^a±65.30	^***
Neck weight with skin (g)	152.75^a±6.97	112.75^b±5.51	131.25^ab±9.17	143.25^a±5.63	^**
Carcass weight without giblet (g)	1,082.75^a±43.20	774.50^b±35.98	1,033.75^a±60.68	1,031.25^a±48.85	^**
Dressing (%)	60.37^ab±0.60	59.47^b±1.14	62.52^a±0.68	62.82^a±0.87	^*
Heart weight (g)	10.50^ab±0.65	8.00^b±0.41	11.00^a±0.91	13.00^a±1.22	^**
Liver weight (g)	28.00±2.48	24.75±1.93	28.00±2.27	26.50±0.29	NS
Gizzard weight (g)	45.75±2.2	40.50±2.02	41.25±4.11	42.75±2.17	NS
Back half weight (g)	392.25^a±12.86	310.50^b±16.35	396.25^a±25.52	406.25^a±16.23	^**
Drumstick with thigh weight (g)	252.75^a±13.37	195.75^b±10.18	252.75^a±21.39	272.00^a±10.86	^*
Drumstick weight (g)	134.75^a±8.68	105.25^b±9.18	141.75^a±4.55	133.00^a±7.91	^*
Thigh weight (g)	117.25^ab±5.07	90.00^b±4.49	113.00^ab±17.14	136.00^a±4.43	^*
Wing weight (g)	179.75^a±8.19	130.75^b±6.24	168.75^a±7.36	163.75^a±7.30	^**
Back weight (g)	139.25^a±4.00	113.75^b±6.94	141.00^a±11.40	134.50^ab±7.17	^*
Breast meat weight (g)	299.25^a±24.19	183.50^b±7.19	263.75^a±19.06	267.00^a±20.03	^**
Keel bone length (cm)	12.75^a±0.43	11.13^c±0.24	12.40^ab±0.33	11.52^bc±0.21	^**

Values in the parentheses indicate the number of observations
Different superscripts in the same row within a trait differ significantly at ^*= P<0.05, ^**= P<0.01 and ^***= P<0.001; NS = Non-significant P>0.05).