goat anatomy question??

20 years ago

my hubby and I butchered our 8 month old wether tonight and in the lower back against the inner back behind the intestined were little tiny red round pellet type things. They were not in a blood vessel area, and they were not little terds either. They were somewhat squooshy yet firm enough they didn't break open when squeezed. The last whether we butchered did not have these. Is it something wrong with him??

His diet was 12% feed, sweet feed, and hay with some occasional grazing in the woods too.

Could it have been from something he was eating??

We promised the goat to someone else, so I really don't want to give it to them if the meat is tainted somehow.

Please any help would be appreciated.

thanks

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snycal
20 years ago
Hi Shellybabe, I posted your question on my meat goat group, received two responses which I'm cutting and pasting. Sorry its not a concrete answer....

>I don't know have not seen that before maybe Gayla can
> give you an answer. Since it did not burst or was in
> the meat itself but near the intestines I would guess
> its alright but should wait to know for sure.
> Ben

Response 2..
I don't have a clue. Since this is a holiday weekend, I would freeze them
and get in touch with USDA on Wednesday. But my guess is, if they were not
in the meat and did not burst, the meat is fine.
I have seen little red balls of something in tri tip beef and they pass USDA
inspection just fine Gayla
shellybabe
Original Author
20 years ago
We butchered another goat the next day and he had the same thing, when my mom in law saw them she mentioned how it looked like small blood clots, I realized it did, like little small clots mixed in with the fat against the inside of the ribs. It wasn't "in" the meat, just mainly in the fatty stuff next to the back bone on the inside.
thanks for the response
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dunwaukin
20 years ago
What about lymph nodes?
kydaylilylady
20 years ago
I second that. Sometimes lymph nodes will be a somewhat gray color, sometimes reddish. Depending upon the species they could be the size of your thumbnail or larger. Quite often they are in a fat layer.

Janet
shellybabe
Original Author
20 years ago
that could be possible, but wouldn't they be connected to something, these weren't really connected to anything, just sort of "floating" in the fat. They were the size of a lentil.
Rose_Qld
20 years ago
The info here may help you out some more.
Rose

Here is a link that might be useful: hemal lymph nodes
snycal
20 years ago
Great Site Rose!
shellybabe
Original Author
20 years ago
they were the Hemal nodes, it was a great site and thanks, I feel better about the meat now, I was concerned at first, and then when it was in my other goat, I started to wonder if they all had something, I already culled out one goat with CL, and haven't seen any other goats with it "yet" (fingers crossed) and was really hoping this wasn't early symptoms.
Thanks again
Rose_Qld
20 years ago
Glad your mind is at rest now. I'm going to have a good look at the rest of that site, learn something about deer :)
Rose