Health of a rabbit?

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So I opened up one of the rabbits I got today and it had little white "nodes" all around the liver and on the diaphragm.

There are bigger ones throughout the remainder of the body cavity.

They look like a clear/translucent jelly like substance with one being harder and quite solid (heart like firmness).

Is this rabbit safe to eat or should I just dispose of it with the innards?
 
Congrats on youre rabbit. Im sure its fine to eat:D

If it looks healthy, and ran for its life when you were shooting at it... you know its good to go. Greatest fast food around.:D
 
Anyone know what these nodules are?

The ones around the liver and diaphragm were quite small while the others are larger.

Of the 4 opened up so far only the one has these. None of the other 3 or 4 that I got earlier in the year have had them.
 
Just found another one, liver was grey looking and lungs looked brownish instead of bright pink.

I guess these two will be Coyote bait.
 
I ran into this a few times during relatively "warmer" winters in Southern Saskatchewan, or if I hunted jackrabbits too far into the spring months.
You're right to dispose of them. I asked about these in Saskatchewan. Older trappers would cook the heck out of it and still eat it (uhhmm no!) Veteranarians on the other hand were far more cautious, and recommended burning or burying the carcass, as dogs were particularly suspectable to catching these parasites.
 
Liver coccidiosis. Grampa said it was from the rabbits eating their own waste, and that you shouldn't eat the liver, but the rest of the meat was fine. We, not living through the Depression, and a war, hucked the darn things.
 
Sadly I've run into a class act moron in the past, that was too cheap to get thier hunting beagle thier regular shots. Poor dog had to be put down by the vet on the operating table due to intestinal parasites.

yeah a horrid path to death......
 
When rabbits (snowshoe hare) reach a cycle peak, they get a disease and most of them die off withing a year, two at the most.
When they are dying off, all sorts of queer things appear in them, in particular in the liver and lungs, as well as sacs of fluid in their intestines.
Many old time hunters carefully examined the liver and lungs of any big game animal they shot. If they found abnormalities in either, they wouldn't eat the animal.
I knew an older doctor who was an avid hunter and ate a lot of wild meat. But, he carefully examined the animal and if something was wrong, he wouldn't eat it.
Twice in my hunting I have shot a moose that was defective. One the lungs, the other the liver. There were no moose tags needed then, but in each case I showed them to the game department and they gave me the OK to shoot another moose and told me to leave the unhealthy one in the bush.
Sorry if I got away from the theme of the post, but it is all closely related.
 
Bagged and tagged for Coyote bait.

Thanks guys.

Also one did have a sac of clear fluid near the lower intenstine as H4831 mentioned above.
 
H4831 said:
When rabbits (snowshoe hare) reach a cycle peak, they get a disease and most of them die off withing a year, two at the most.
When they are dying off, all sorts of queer things appear in them, in particular in the liver and lungs, as well as sacs of fluid in their intestines.
Many old time hunters carefully examined the liver and lungs of any big game animal they shot. If they found abnormalities in either, they wouldn't eat the animal.
I knew an older doctor who was an avid hunter and ate a lot of wild meat. But, he carefully examined the animal and if something was wrong, he wouldn't eat it.
Twice in my hunting I have shot a moose that was defective. One the lungs, the other the liver. There were no moose tags needed then, but in each case I showed them to the game department and they gave me the OK to shoot another moose and told me to leave the unhealthy one in the bush.
Sorry if I got away from the theme of the post, but it is all closely related.
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I was told the same thing about Rabbit cycle. I think its every 3 years here were i live that they peak in which case I was told not to bother hutting Bugzy. Normally the next year there is a huge peak in wolf and Coyote population.
 
H4831 said:
When rabbits (snowshoe hare) reach a cycle peak, they get a disease and most of them die off withing a year, two at the most.
When they are dying off, all sorts of queer things appear in them, in particular in the liver and lungs, as well as sacs of fluid in their intestines.
Many old time hunters carefully examined the liver and lungs of any big game animal they shot. If they found abnormalities in either, they wouldn't eat the animal.
I knew an older doctor who was an avid hunter and ate a lot of wild meat. But, he carefully examined the animal and if something was wrong, he wouldn't eat it.
Twice in my hunting I have shot a moose that was defective. One the lungs, the other the liver. There were no moose tags needed then, but in each case I showed them to the game department and they gave me the OK to shoot another moose and told me to leave the unhealthy one in the bush.
Sorry if I got away from the theme of the post, but it is all closely related.
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Grouse have simular cycles according to some, i know some years you can't find any, and others there are quite a few
 
CyaN1de said:
Bagged and tagged for Coyote bait.

Thanks guys.

Also one did have a sac of clear fluid near the lower intestine as H4831 mentioned above.
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Good Man:D
We need it for our first hunting trip together, find more. Oh by the way if your hungry I have two White Tails I shot this year that need to be eaten up;)
Cheers:cheers:
 
I've seen 100% tuleremia in the rabbit population when it hits the peak of its cycle. Watery blisters visable on the surface of the muscles after skinning them. What a waste.
 
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