… 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 …

… meat production is very important especially in the foals … aspects of meat quality of
Sanfratellano foals slaughtered at … that of foals from one of the most widespread horse reared in …

… The horse’s suitability for meat production is reflected in good dressing percentages.
According to Robelin, Boccard, Martin-Rosset, Jussiaux, and Trillaud- Geyl (1984) female …

… of nutritive level 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 …

… system on horses designated to meat consumption. It would … several aspects of equine meat
quality. In this context papers … of the main quality attributes, focussing on foal meat quality. …

… alternative to other red meat species such as beef and lamb, together with horse meat (LANZA
et al ., 2009). Nevertheless, little is known about the quality of young foals meat and, to …

… However, little research has been done on the effects that influence horse carcass traits
and meat quality. Breed effect has been studied by comparing two Spanish local breeds (…

… CH meat quality, … foal meat demonstrated a luminous muscle of a particularly intense red
hue compared with the literature data and similar in lightness to meat samples of crossing foals …

… The donkey foal meat analysed in this study is characterised … the similarity with horse meat
obtained by foals slaughtered at … meat in the present study can be considered close to horse (…

… the carcass measurement, meat quality (chemical composition… and amino acid composition)
of foals slaughtered at 8 and 11 … traits and meat quality of Italian heavy draught horse foals. …