Table 3. Mean value of meat yield characteristics of cockerels in different weeks.

Parameters	Treatments			p-value
	Control	Antibiotic	Probiotic
Dressing percentage (% BW)	50.10 ± 0.60c	51.30 ± 0.61b	54.0 ± 0.20a	0.0001
Blood weight (gm)	3.95 ± 0.05a	4.51 ± 0.01c	4.35 ± 0.03b	0.0001
Breast meat weight (gm)	10.52 ± 0.1a	10.22 ± 0.1b	10.73 ± 0.12a	0.003
Thigh+ Drumstick weight (gm)	17.05 ± 0.58c	17.83 ± 0.30b	18.80 ± 0.26a	0.006
Digestive tract weight (gm)	10.93 ± 0.31a	11.6 ± 0.07b	11.46 ± 0.06b	0.01
Skin weight (gm)	6.05 ± 0.06bc	5.98 ± 0.13a	6.26 ± 0.12c	0.044
Liver weight (gm)	2.13 ± 0.04	2.22 ± 0.03	2.17 ± 0.04	0.063
Heart weight (gm)	0.40 ± 0.04b	0.50 ± 0.02a	0.48 ± 0.04a	0.014
Gizzard weight (gm)	1.48 ± 0.02 a	1.4 ± 0.02 b	1.38 ± 0.03 b	0.004
Pancreas weight (gm)	0.21 ± 0.03	0.24 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.01	0.178
Spleen weight (gm)	0.13 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.01	0.236
Abdominal fat weight (gm)	1.59 ± 0.05b	1.79 ± 0.05a	1.74 ± 0.05a	0.008
Intestinal weight (gm)	2.62 ± 0.03	2.58 ± 0.02	2.72 ± 0.11	0.096
Feather weight (gm)	9.46 ± 0.08c	8.52 ± 0.24a	9.0 ± 0.1b	0.001

BW means bodyweight,

^abcmeans with different superscripts in the same row are differ significantly; Values indicates mean± SE; SE means Standard Errors.