Italian Journal of Animal Science (Jan 2010)

Quality of carcasses in I.H.D.H. foals reared in the province of Bari (Italy)

  • P. Centoducati,
  • A. Tateo,
  • B. Padalino,
  • P. De Palo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2005.2s.418
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2s
pp. 418 – 420

Abstract

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There has been a new development in recent years in the province of Bari: Italian Heavy Draught Horse (I.H.D.H.) raising for meat production. The interest of breeders in this new zootechnical development has steadily grown, but in the import-export balance of horsemeat, Italy is almost completely dependent on the countries of the East, importing every year 120,000 animals (ISTAT 2003), the real origin of which is impossible to determine.

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