Identification of poisoned/medicated deer

[Triggermortis]

We all know the importance of checking for diseases during the gralloch and the reasons for this are self explanatory but how many of us would be able to identify a deer that may not be fit to eat through being poisoned (either by accident or otherwise) or maybe an escapee from a deer farm that had earlier been medicated for the purposes of sedation or disease control?
has anyone any experiance of it?
could it be expected to see any indecations during the gralloch?
i have no real knowledge on this matter but would hazard a guess that you might see respiratory distress, lethergy, foaming at the mouth, unsteady on the feet maybe?
If anyone was able to enlighten us on this i recon it would be very useful and interesting information to share?

 

[finnbear270]

Farmed should be wearing an id tag, or if lost an ear should be pierced.

 

[Triggermortis]

So the presence of a tag or hole might indicate an escapee but not if the beast has been medicated or poisoned ?
i can’t recall any mention of this issue during my DSC so thought maybe some of the professionals on here like deer managers, guides or vets etc may have seen or come across the issue?

 

[Norfolk Horn]

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[Davee]

In days gone by, I was told that every deer treated with a non-human approved medication -ie immobilin- was given a red 'DO NOT EAT' ear tag and specified the medication. No idea if this is still the case, but I've only seen photos of it.
If the poisoning was unintentional then I doubt that it would be tagged. I would note the presence of a tag hole on my tag if to be sold.

 

[hendrix's rifle]

We had one near me, the vets never marked it and that can never go in to the food chain, feel.sorry for whoever bags it

 

[slider]

pretty sure (but not 100%) that farmed deer that have had medication such as immobolin still get a red tag.

 

[potshotpat]

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I might be wrong, but do they do farmed Roe ?

 

[Marcher]

The roe with an ear tag was probably a road accident that was treated by a vet.

 

[slider]

No

 

[Buchan]

We all know the importance of checking for diseases during the gralloch and the reasons for this are self explanatory but how many of us would be able to identify a deer that may not be fit to eat through being poisoned (either by accident or otherwise) or maybe an escapee from a deer farm that had earlier been medicated for the purposes of sedation or disease control?
has anyone any experiance of it?
could it be expected to see any indecations during the gralloch?
i have no real knowledge on this matter but would hazard a guess that you might see respiratory distress, lethergy, foaming at the mouth, unsteady on the feet maybe?
If anyone was able to enlighten us on this i recon it would be very useful and interesting information to share?

YOu've very little chance of identifying something that has been medicated, unless its one of a few coloured drugs given a few days before you shot it and you'd see the staining on skinning. You might, if very observant, see bruising around the jugular from an intravenous injection, you might even smell something odd. As to poisoning, yes you may see a distressed animal, but you wouldn't be eating it.

 

[Hell Toupee]

The EAT NOT tags were,i believe, only required when the animal had received immobilon, as there is no meat withdrawal limit for it. Other legal for use in production animal drugs do not require a tag.