Thread: Possible disease in feral goat?

Hey all,
shot a nice young kid the other day was looking forward to putting it in the freezer when I found some weird growths/nodules/cysts/things? In the end I discarded it, thought it wasn't worth the risk. Animal was behaving normally, hanging out with mum and dad. The things inside looked a bit like a rabbit poo, or a black bean. They were the whole length of the cavity on the spine side partly encased in fatty tissue. I cut one open and it was firm homogeneous texture coloured sort of dark red/brown. At first I thought I'd ruptured the colon, but it was intact and they were encased in the fat.

So two questions, anyone know what they are? and have you discarded animals for suspected disease? Wondering how common this is, first time I've done it.

I've seen similar on deer that turned out to be harmless but weren't as big as those

Nice spot mate, those rock formations are awesome,,

Quite common, not serious, worse in older animals. Not sure what you call it.

I believe we identified those on a previous thread harmless

haemal lymph nodes. crunchy if you fry em . they are normal

Originally Posted by IamHackmeat

haemal lymph nodes. crunchy if you fry em . they are normal

100%

Bugger. Oh well better safe than sorry. Now to do some research on haemal lymph nodes. Thanks everyone.