Has anybody seen this before ?

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http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=3591&size=big&cat=500

This stuff is all through the hind end on a moose. It is in the meat and also on top of the layers of muscle. I have looked online for info and all I can conclude is a form of tape worm. The moose was taken in region 3 in BC and I would like to know if it is safe to eat. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

The Photo to the right of this is the moose it came from.
 
Even though I have

not seen the pictures I will tell you that I would not consume anything from an animal if any part of it does not look right. I take my loss and carry on until next time.

In the case of a moose or elk I would contact the nearest conservation office and see if I could get another tag if my time or the time remaining in the season permits me to go. Possibly a tag for the following season.

If it were a whitetail I would not even worry about it. I shot one about 5 years ago that I thought had a slight limp. Dressed it out in the field and nothing looked out of the ordinary. My parents were processing it when they came across a bluish green absess in the front shoulder. They called me and asked what they wanted me to do. The cats ate very well that winter.


JMO
 
Here is the photo I believe...

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Accually one of the moose/wolf tape worms does sometimes kill poeple.

The adult reproductive phase of the worm lives in the gut of wolves and the eggs are shed in the wolf droppings. The eggs then get onto vegitation and the moose eats them. The eggs hatch in the gut of the moose and move into the blood then set up home in the mussel and form the cysts in the above pics. If a person ingests the eggs the cyst can end up someplace where it is dangerous and has killed at least one Canadian when the cyst formed in his brain. How is that for nasty?
 
What does your local conservation officer or biologist say? Can you get replacement tags in BC after having it deemed unfit for human consumption (that's how it works in AB)?
 
Thanks mommabear for posting the pic. :) I couldn't figure out how to post a pic.

I will get my father to talk to a conservation officer in BC as that is where the moose was from. Some of the butchers he has talked to have said that this kind of thing is common in the moose population around the area and it will not harm humans as long as it is cooked throughly.
 
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