NickJ
Well-Known Member
Something I don’t think I’ve seen before so I thought I’d post it.
I shot a mature roebuck last night, on removing one of the kidneys it was enlarged with dark blue bulbous lumps, on dissection it had a large cavity inside that was liquid filled. It had no bad smell about it. The other kidney was perfectly normal.
Everything else was normal apart from the antler malformation that I assume could have been caused by the kidney condition.
We are very lucky to have some highly experienced vets on the site so I asked @Selous for his advice and he said ‘Polycystic kidneys, some blockages are present in the nephrons of the kidneys and the urine has backed up in several places meat will probably be ok providing one kidney was normal and could do the work of the other. If both affected then the meat could be uraemic and smell/taste grim.’ @Buchan backed that up and added ‘your nose will guide you!’
All smells good so apart from that one kidney I have binned I’ll use the rest of the carcass
I shot a mature roebuck last night, on removing one of the kidneys it was enlarged with dark blue bulbous lumps, on dissection it had a large cavity inside that was liquid filled. It had no bad smell about it. The other kidney was perfectly normal.
Everything else was normal apart from the antler malformation that I assume could have been caused by the kidney condition.
We are very lucky to have some highly experienced vets on the site so I asked @Selous for his advice and he said ‘Polycystic kidneys, some blockages are present in the nephrons of the kidneys and the urine has backed up in several places meat will probably be ok providing one kidney was normal and could do the work of the other. If both affected then the meat could be uraemic and smell/taste grim.’ @Buchan backed that up and added ‘your nose will guide you!’
All smells good so apart from that one kidney I have binned I’ll use the rest of the carcass
