what I found today killing sheep for dogs

[JD-Kid]

some of the pics are a bit rough
any ideas on whats going on with this liver
older ewe born 2010
looked like a blow out in guts so culled when opening up gut area full of fluid
no outer body fat some around gut area
once had the motor out found the liver hard and very strange never seen it like this before any ideas
liver was hard and when cutting open the fatty looking parts were solid not weepy like pus etc
sent pic to my vet as well he was a meat inspector so will find out
but there is a 1/2 eaten chocolate fish for the right answers.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Whoa, you don't normally see them get to that stage.. stage 4 cirrhosis

 

[andyt87]

Hepatic tumors?

 

[JD-Kid]

Whoa, you don't normally see them get to that stage.. stage 4 cirrhosis

its in the fridge in case vet wants to look at it

 

[Woolless]

Hepatic tumors?

It doesn't look defined enough for tumours to me. I think Pete is right. Fair shout though.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Hepatic tumors?

Within weeks, I would think

I remember doing a PM on one of the cows who dropped dead one fine spring day, half her liver was about the stage of the one OP and the thin end had already gone into tumours and begun to shrivel up

a bit like leaving an unwrapped salami in the fridge, it was hard as could be and almost "dried" looking

 

[JD-Kid]

Within weeks, I would think

I remember doing a PM on one of the cows who dropped dead one fine spring day, half her liver was about the stage of the one OP and the thin end had already gone into tumours and begun to shrivel up

a bit like leaving an unwrapped salami in the fridge, it was hard as could be and almost "dried" looking

this is hard cutting quite dryish to handle
never seen it before and did kill 100's a week doing pet food years ago soon as seen it thought ummm this is realy not right was going to dump it but thought no take picks and talk to vet incase there is something that leads to this happening like a vit or min shortfall that could. be showing up probs in flock

 

[Pistonbroke]

its in the fridge in case vet wants to look at it

I thought it was in the fridge in case he says it's ok for tea

 

[JD-Kid]

I thought it was in the fridge in case he says it's ok for tea

ummm yummy a good fry up with a few slices of toast the breakfast of champions

 

[The Ruminant]

Did the sheep have any history of problems with alcohol?

 

[RushesToo]

Ragwort?

 

[RushesToo]

Mostly sheep get away with eating ragwort because they die before it has an effect - this ewe was 11 years old, whih is why I suggest it.

 

[Bury the Trash]

ummm yummy a good fry up with a few slices of toast the breakfast of champions

With Bacon and onions and nice bit if gravy.

 

[JD-Kid]

Did the sheep have any history of problems with alcohol?

think it might of been on a high carb diet lacking meat in diet
now yer say about the drinking every time they see me or are moving always yell out bar so might have some drinking problems
hate too see mine own if thats the case ummm wake up call from the flock maybe

 

[Woolless]

think it might of been on a high carb diet lacking meat in diet
now yer say about the drinking every time they see me or are moving always yell out bar so might have some drinking problems
hate too see mine own if thats the case ummm wake up call from the flock maybe

Bar, I vaguely remember what one of those was like

 

[Pistonbroke]

With Bacon and onions and nice bit if gravy.

Not sure I'd be mopping the juice up with a bit of bread...

 

[Imp perfect]

Copper? Parasites?

 

[JD-Kid]

Copper? Parasites?

in what way copper too high ??? some of the ewes are quite high in copper

 

[JD-Kid]

vet come back with liver cancer he was a meat inspector at meat works for years used to see a bit of it in older cull ewes

 

[Imp perfect]

in what way copper too high ??? some of the ewes are quite high in copper

that's what I wondered, but looking at images of copper toxicity, the liver (and the rest of the flipping animal) goes yellow. Nothing like this, and you'd notice if the carcase was yellow!