MThuntr
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Anyone want to take a guess at what this is on an antelope liver? You think it's safe to eat the meat?
Pronghorn liver lesion
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@Hunting Wife maybe. mtmuley
Hunting Wife
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Did you happen to cut into one, by chance? Curious what the inside looked like.
That white covering looks very fibrous to me- I assume fairly hard and tough feeling. That usually indicates something chronic- it’s been there a while. Also looks like a fairly minimal involvement to that one lobe? Seems like it’s something the body kind of contained on its own. Could be parasitic- liver flukes aren’t that uncommon. Could be bacterial. Hard to say from that one photo. The rest of the tissues I can see in that photo look beautiful.
I wouldn’t eat the liver. I wouldn’t have any qualms about the meat.
That white covering looks very fibrous to me- I assume fairly hard and tough feeling. That usually indicates something chronic- it’s been there a while. Also looks like a fairly minimal involvement to that one lobe? Seems like it’s something the body kind of contained on its own. Could be parasitic- liver flukes aren’t that uncommon. Could be bacterial. Hard to say from that one photo. The rest of the tissues I can see in that photo look beautiful.
I wouldn’t eat the liver. I wouldn’t have any qualms about the meat.
CT_SD
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Abscesses or flukes if I had to guess. I wouldn’t hesitate to eat the meat.
MThuntr
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I didn't cut it open unfortunately and only grabbed 1 picture.
The rest of the liver looked very normal. Same with the lungs and heart.
Hunting Wife
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Yeah, I think you’re probably fine on this one. If you were seeing multiple organ involvement or something that looked really active, I might take pause.
JV842
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I agree w everyone else that the meat should be fine….curious what the gall bladder looked like
Carl 9.3x62
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No idea, but thats why I quick quarter everything, haha
MThuntr
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Confirmed with FWP these are tapeworm cysts and won't affect humans in this stage.
Anyone want to come over and enjoy some free liverwurst?
Anyone want to come over and enjoy some free liverwurst?
Tapeworms might get better traction on the HT 2026 Weigh in Thread.
