28 December 2006, 02:56
7mm. guyHad my elk had a herart attack?
FInally shot my elk on Christmas evening. While field dressing her we noticed a black spot on her heart. it was about 1 inch in diamter and I beleive on the top portion of the heart. We were thinking it was either from a past heart attack or stroke, she was pretty old. Any ideas?
7mm. guy
28 December 2006, 06:17
LuckyduckerKind of hard to say what it was but it wasn't evidence of heart attack. A past/healed heart attack leaves scar tissue in the muscle of the heart. I do post-mortem inspection on cattle for the USDA and have seen many of these.
28 December 2006, 18:30
MFHOn an old animal, it might have been a melanoma, a type of tumor. They can occasionally be found on the heart.
MFH
28 December 2006, 20:50
PeglegI hope you checked the liver, too.
29 December 2006, 01:02
7mm. guyNo we didn't check the liver. Is there reason for concern (is the meat possibly tainted?
7mm. guy
29 December 2006, 02:53
PeglegSpots on the liver are tell tail signs of disease.
29 December 2006, 05:56
popenmannThe meat from your elk could be dangerous. For your own safety, package it carefully in dry ice and ship it to me. I'll do a careful inspection, and if necessary, actually sample some of the meat to see if it kills me. If I survive, I'll let you know how it tastes.
29 December 2006, 08:29
Madgoatquote:
Originally posted by Pegleg:
Spots on the liver are tell tail signs of disease.
Yea, maybe the elk was an alcoholic.
MG
30 December 2006, 02:10
7mm. guyquote:
Originally posted by popenmann:
The meat from your elk could be dangerous. For your own safety, package it carefully in dry ice and ship it to me. I'll do a careful inspection, and if necessary, actually sample some of the meat to see if it kills me. If I survive, I'll let you know how it tastes.
I never knew the kind hearted people we had on this forum. Even to thepoint of testing other people's potentially tainted meat. Alas I can't in good conscience let someone else endanger themselves for me liike that so I'll have to take that chance myself maybe tonight.
7mm. guy