Prediction of horse carcass composition using linear measurements

Znamirowska, Agata

doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2004.10.008

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“…Moreover, those carcasses showed an increasing fat incidence with the age raise at slaughtering (p<0.001). However, lean and bone incidence of IHDH foal carcasses reported in this paper were respectively greater and lower than that observed by Znamirowska and Stanislawczyk (2005) and Znamirowska (2005) in polish foals. In fact, they showed that lean incidence on horse carcass ranged from 68.45% to 60.63%, and was lower than what was observed in IHDH foals (68.23 to 75.83%).…”

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“…In fact, they showed that lean incidence on horse carcass ranged from 68.45% to 60.63%, and was lower than what was observed in IHDH foals (68.23 to 75.83%). However, horse represented the species with higher lean incidence compared to other species employed for meat production (Znamirowska, 2005). Horses slaughtered at 18 months were characterized by a higher percentage of fat (p<0.01) (Table 2) and a lower incidence of meat or bone or both meat and bone (p<0.01), aspects more evident on hind and fore leg, neck and briskets.…”

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Slaughtering Age Effect on Carcass Traits and Meat Quality of Italian Heavy Draught Horse Foals

Palo¹,

Maggiolino²,

Centoducati³

et al. 2013

Asian Australas. J. Anim. Sci

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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 months old, 11 months old and 18 months old. Live weight, hot carcass weight and dressing percentage of each animal were recorded. After slaughtering, meat samples were collected from Longissimus Dorsi muscle between 13th and 18th thoracic vertebra of each animal and then analyzed. The right half carcass of each animal was then divided in cuts. Each one was subdivided into lean, fat and bones. Then, the classification of the lean meat in first and second quality cuts was performed according to the butchers’ customs. Older animals were characterized by a lower incidence of first quality cuts (p<0.01) on carcass. Younger animals showed greater content in protein (p<0.01). Fatty acid profile showed an increasing trend of PUFA connected to the increasing of slaughtering age (p<0.05). The unsaturation index of intramuscular fatty acids was not affected by slaughtering age, confirming that horse meat, if compared to beef, is more suitable from a nutritional point of view. Season influenced reproduction, birth as well as production aspects of this species. The different slaughtering age could represent the way to produce meat of IHDH foals during the entire year without change in the qualitative standard expected by consumers.

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Slaughtering Age Effect on Carcass Traits and Meat Quality of Italian Heavy Draught Horse Foals

Palo¹,

Maggiolino²,

Centoducati³

et al. 2013

Asian Australas. J. Anim. Sci

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“…2013). IHDH foals showed the higher lean incidence (74.48% to 78.96%) in horse meat production if compared to results reported in other horses like Polish horses (60.63% to 68.45%) (Znamirowska 2005; Znamirowska & Stanislawczyk 2005) or Galician Mountain horses (69.70% to 70.15%) (Franco et al . 2013).…”

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Effect of nutritive level on carcass traits and meat quality of IHDH foals

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Tateo

Maggiolino

et al. 2014

Animal Science Journal

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The present work describes the effect 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 randomly subdivided into three groups according to three nutritive level classes: 150%, 180% and 200% of maintenance requirements. Live weight, hot carcass weight and dressing percentage of each animal were recorded. After slaughtering, meat samples were collected from Longissimus dorsi muscle. The right half carcass of each animal was then divided into cuts. Each one was subdivided into lean, fat and bones. Live weight, carcass weight and dressing percentage were not affected by nutritive level (P > 0.05). Horses fed with the lower nutritive level showed a higher incidence of lean and a lower incidence of fat (P < 0.01). Moreover, fatty acid profile was not affected by nutritive level (P > 0.05). Probably the tendency of IHDH foals to concentrate adipogenesis in the subcutaneous district could explain the lack of influence of nutritive level on meat quality parameters and its influence on carcass and cut composition, which tend to be richer in fat.

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“…El porcentaje de magro y grasa total fue mayor en los animales finalizados con pienso (73 vs. 69 p<0,05; 6,68 vs. 3,25, p<0,001) que presentaron menor porcentaje de hueso, siendo la relación carne/hueso superior en los animales finalizados (3,8 vs. 2,62). No hay en la bibliografía datos relativos al despiece de canales, por lo que no es posible hacer comparaciones, debido a la edad de sacrificio y raza y tampoco es el objeto de este estudio, pero si se puede comprobar que las canales se caracterizan por tener un alto contenido en carne, mayor en aquellos animales finalizados (73,0 vs. 69,09) y superior al 68,41 mostrado por Znamirowska (2005) en caballos de 6-10 años. Por el contrario los porcentajes de las piezas nobles como solomillo y lomo, así como el sumatorio de piezas que engloba la carne de primera no fueron afectados por el sistema de explotación.…”

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