Something to look out for when processing your deer: Bovine Tuberculosis

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Hunters warned to be on the lookout for bovine tuberculosis in deer

LANSING, Mich. (WSMH) --The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is warning hunters to be on the lookout for bovine tuberculosis in deer. This is what an infected deer's rib cage will look like: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is warning hunters to be on the lookout for bovine...

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[WC1911guy]

Well the pics of the ribs are gross as hell. Hope that crap isn't going to spread everywhere.

 

[mfoster]

I Have not seen the inside of a deers rib cage in 30 years,I skin and never gut them usually within 30 minutes after the kill.
i do look for any signs of tumors or puss pockets.i killed a doe several years ago that had a tumor the size of a softball on top of spine.i just chalked that one up for the buzzards and killed another one.i have a friend that lives in North Carolina they had mandatory testing the first two weeks of season this year.that required cutting off the head and dropping it off at a testing site.and freezing the meat whole until the test results come back.

 

[UptaCamp]

"According to DNR state wildlife veterinarian Kelly Straka, Michigan is the only state in the nation that has bTB established in wild deer."

Thankfully, it shouldn't be an issue down here, but good info regardless.

 

[Timber Cruiser]

I always thought TB in deer didn’t affect the meat and was pretty much unable to pass to humans.

 

[Timber Cruiser]

Don’t get me wrong, with all the deer we have in the US, I wouldn’t risk it. I won’t eat squirrels with wolves, redfish with worms or ducks with rice breast either.

 

[basstracker89]

Better safe than sorry

 

[earlthegoat2]

Yep. I hunt MI every year and they have been watching BTB since I first started hunting there around 1994.

The area I hunt up there also has active CWD.

Fun times.