Lungs

[Antonyweeks]

I culled a 2 year old sika stag yesterday morning. All the organs were normal, lymph nodes normal and no other signs of anything untoward. However the lungs were mottled - normal light pink with dark patches. Almost like camouflage colouring. Just wondering what this was or if anyone else had seen this before?

 

[sh1kar]

Where did you shoot it? Looks like shot trauma to me

 

[Pete6.5]

Where did you shoot it? Looks like shot trauma to me

Beat me to the answer

 

[VSS]

Doesn't look like anything to worry about.

 

[VSS]

Beat me to the answer

And me.

 

[Antonyweeks]

High neck shot - just under the chin.

 

[Tim.243]

I culled a 2 year old sika stag yesterday morning. All the organs were normal, lymph nodes normal and no other signs of anything untoward. However the lungs were mottled - normal light pink with dark patches. Almost like camouflage colouring. Just wondering what this was or if anyone else had seen this before?

Get it on your hanger!!

 

[potshotpat]

Its not uncommon to see this condition in an abattoir. What seems to happen is the animal at death basically instead of bleeding out, blood gets inhaled ( inspired). if you check out the difference between the lungs in the photo you can see the lobe on the right is much darker than the lobe on the left. I would wager the Deer when shot would have finished up laying on the side, and gravity would play a part in filling the lungs on that side. The lobe on the left looks like its showing signs of lung worm.(small dark marks). The carcass is perfectly OK to eat, as you say everything else checked out.

 

[Brittany boy]

If I head shoot a roe it has this effect on the lungs, I think it inhales it’s last breaths with blood in the airway which then shows up in the lungs. I’m no vet but think this is what’s happening.

 

[long_range_rob]

Yep, looks like inhaled blood in the alveoli

 

[76thirty]

My mate neck shot a fallow pricket last year and we found the same, general consensus on fb and here was the same as people have said of blood inhaled/sat in the lungs, makes sense once you think about it that way too

 

[South of the M4]

Its not uncommon to see this condition in an abattoir. What seems to happen is the animal at death basically instead of bleeding out, blood gets inhaled ( inspired). if you check out the difference between the lungs in the photo you can see the lobe on the right is much darker than the lobe on the left. I would wager the Deer when shot would have finished up laying on the side, and gravity would play a part in filling the lungs on that side. The lobe on the left looks like its showing signs of lung worm.(small dark marks). The carcass is perfectly OK to eat, as you say everything else checked out.

I agree with Mr Potshotpat.

 

[Antonyweeks]

Get it on your hanger!!

I have!