Slaughtering Age Effect on Carcass Traits and Meat Quality of Italian Heavy Draught Horse Foals
The present work describes the effect of slaughtering age on horse carcass traits and on meat quality. Eighteen male Italian heavy draught horse (IHDH) breed foals were employed in the study. Soon after foaling they were randomly subdivided in 3 groups according to 3 age at slaughtering classes: 6 m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
2013-11-01
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Series: | Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-26-11-1637-18.pdf |