Liver question

Can anyone kindly help me understand liver? See this white spot on a beaver liver I got this morning? Is it ok? Is it normal? Is the meat (animal itself) ok to eat?

I worry about liver all the time. Thank you very much for your help.

I wouldn't touch that one with a ten foot pole,(for food).

1.) Is there something wrong with it you know about I can call it?

2.) What about the meat from the animal (legs, backstrap, etc)?

Thanks.

If in doubt through it out not worth the risk plenty of beaver out there

White on the liver is a sign of disease in the animal-toss it and wash up with Dettol.

But can I keep the meat from the animal itself or not?

I wouldn't eat any liver.

I threw away the liver. Liver gone..

Question: Can I eat the legs, legs, backstrap, cheek meat?

Since we don't have a clinical confirmation of which disease the white on the liver represents,I wouldn't take a chance.

Ok I guess I'll throw all the meat away in the morning. Dang it.

Thank you all for your help.

You are the experts, not me; And if erroring on the side of caution is warranted here, then that's what I need to do.

I don't think it is worth taking a chance.
The first thing I look at when considering an animal for consumption is the liver and kidneys.White spots or any white or hard spots on these organs can indicate diseases.

Wouldn't thoroughly cooking the meat kill any disease?

Probably would if cooked thoroughly,but still a chance of contamination while processing and handling.Especially tularemia.

The answer to your question is NO ?
To kill Chronic wasting disease Prions, you have to cook the venison to ash.

+1
Seems like common sense.


If in doubt throw it out.

Still wrong......it takes temps near 2,000 degrees to destroy the CWD Prions.

X2 and i also look at other glands threw out the animal. If they are inlarged, its a noneater.

is just too dang many beavers out there to take a chance

Now you guys got me a little worried about CWD. The county I live in we have to get our deer checked first two days of season for CWD. I got my buck on Monday and didn't have to get it checked. My son got his buck on adjoining county where you don't have to get them checked, they haven't found any sign of CWD there. To get to the point his deer had a huge puss pocket in the round of the hind leg and I cut and threw most of the meat there. Yesterday we cut the antlers and scull cap from his deer and my deer and another one we had in the freezer. The deer with the puss pocket had a brain that was mush. Mine and the other one was firm and looked good. He said he was afraid the deer might of had CWD. Well I have this deer all processed and in the freezer. They say there is no sign that humans can get CWD. So I don't know what to do now? We even took some to be processed into sausage at processors. I already ate two deer patties from that deer to see how it tasted mixed with pork. I guess if it has to be cooked at those high temperatures I am out of luck. Does this mean we are going to have to stop eating deer meat?















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Not 100% sure but if it is like mad cow it is in the brain and spinal column.

Still wrong......it takes temps near 2,000 degrees to destroy the CWD Prions. [/quote]

Correct me if I’m wrong , but cooking venison to 2000 degrees, wouldn’t that turn the meat to ash ? Jesh

Let me just say, you guys are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I probably would have eaten the meat otherwise. I threw it all out. I thank you so much for taking time to help me understand this.

Also, I didn't know beavers could get CWD. That's interesting.

....Now off to skin a new beaver thankfully. I got three this weekend, another this morning. If liver looks good, I'll keep it.

CWD has never been found in beavers, nor humans for that matter.
Would I recommend sucking on the spinal column, or brains of a sickly member of the deer family? No, but the topic of this thread is beavers. I don't no why CWD was introduced into this discussion.

Good point Carl.Right on.
The main concern with beaver is tularemia.That will show on the liver as white spots.
Tularemia is also a concern with muskrats and rabbits.

I caught a beaver today and it was meth teeth is that a sign of cwd in beaver? just kidding

I would say the vast amount of Beaver meat eaten is done so without the liver being examined. That said, I would not have eaten meat from that Beaver after seeing the liver. But, I probably have unknowingly done so in the past.

The beaver I got today had only a "ball point pen tip" sized little tiny white spot. I'll assume that was just nothing I guess.

So I kept the meat so far but if anyone thinks that's bad let me know.

I'm really trying to learn how to do this right so I can help people when they ask me someday. Thanks.

An old family friend who would eat things that would make most people on here puke, but he always said if there’s a question get rid of it and to shoot another one, and that pertained to everything from small game to cattle you never take the risk with food.

This what I was taught by my dad many years ago.