I shot a roe doe today that was a bit thin compared to others in the area and had a messy back end with diarrhoea. No lesions around feet or mouth so started the gralloch. First thing I noticed was that the anal tract was very fragile, breaking apart as I was separating it from the rest of the gubbins at the back end. I then noticed black gritty deposits through the mesenteric chain. There was a large lump on the spleen - see picture. The heart hadn’t been affected by the bullet but appeared squishy and like a partially deflated balloon, with some white scarring evident. I didn’t do a full run through if the lymph nodes as I’d already decided to condemn the carcass and dispose. Clearly a poorly animal but any advice on what could have caused this?




