Thread: Organ meat, how to check if it’s good

Morning team,
Can anyone give me any tips, or point to some articles/books on how to check deer liver, lungs , kidneys etc. Mainly wanting to add it in to dog food mix.
Cheers

general condition of animal very skinny be suspicious - lungs pink and all of it no spots lesions unusual colour - dont feed dogs to much liver or they will shit madly - dont forget the tongue - since your main ingredient is offal to be balanced for dogs I would mix in some type of vegetable roughage -ask a vet for advice on say chook food pellets or stock pellets perhaps - add some corn oil for shiny coat - eggs no not good for them - a little milk powder perhaps for calcium- and a fish product for minerals etc

Fry it and try it.

With bacon and brown onion gravy

If you wouldn't eat it yourself....but realistically just look for bits that don't belong,weird colour or odour.

I routinely post mortem every animal I shoot. A broadside rifle shot can make a real mess of the vitals, but I reckon it always pays to check. I've never found anything unusual, but TB is the main thing I'm keeping an eye out for. As Barry mentioned above, first red flag is an animal in poor condition. Then you're looking at the vitals for any spots, lesions, pus, weird smell. There is information for deer and pig hunters on the OSPRI website about what to look for and where. Glands in jaw and head, lungs and liver are the main sites to pay attention to.

Oh, and just to be clear, if the organs ain't right, you shouldn't be eating any of the meat either.

Cheers for the tips everyone, I minced a few kilos of meat and added what I thought to be a modest amount of liver (less than 100g per kg), with the dogs nose hovering back and forth along the kitchen counter like a shark fin the whole time . Needless to say he loved his dinner, then proceeded to get the squirts the next day. After cooking the mix and trying again, we seem to be all good. Too much liver? Or maybe just need to ease him onto the raw venison?

Yes, ease your dog into any change of diet. I even do it if Im changing biscuit brands. I mix the old with the new for the change over for a couple of days.