Green Pus in Kudu Hindleg.

[holdingthezero]

I was in the middle of butchering a Kudu cow when I sliced into what appears to be an abscess filled with this foul smelling green pus.

From googling it appears to be due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial infection.

I excised the affected area by a wide margin (after swapping knives) and was very careful to avoid any cross contamination.

My question to any medical experte or veteran hunters is:

Would the rest of the meat on the hindleg be safe to eat (with the assumption that I successfully avoided cross contamination)?

[oafpatroll]

Fark! Glad i finished my eisbein and kartoffelsalat before I clicked on this.

[holdingthezero]

Fark! Glad i finished my eisbein and kartoffelsalat before I clicked on this.

Sorry man. I should've added a warning :D

[oafpatroll]

Sorry man. I should've added a warning :D

Not at all! Have tricked all the members of my household into having a looksy and the results were impressive.

[holdingthezero]

"Can I Eat The Meat?

If the abscess is small or localized, judicious trimming to remove the affected tissue should render the meat suitable for human consumption. If the abscesses are numerous, invade the thoracic or abdominal cavity, or are present in the lungs or liver, the carcass should be condemned for human consumption."

https://idfg.idaho.gov/conservation/...alth/abscesses

[oafpatroll]

That makes sense. From the photos it looked encapsulated. Must have been seriously uncomfortable.

[treeman]

I found the exact same thing last week end in an impala, in the crease between hind leg and abdominal cavity. Never seen it before either. No apparent injury from the outside, I went with a gland gone wrong in this case ?

[Fire-stick]

If localised and the surrounding flesh trimmed away then nothing wrong with the rest.
I have seen and experienced in the past with 2 or 3 different animals.

It can sometimes be from an inflamed gland, other times from a foreign particle of sorts to my knowledge.
Thorns or sometimes "steekgras" can embed themselves in flesh and cause an abscess.

[treeman]

Thorns or sometimes "steekgras" can embed themselves in flesh and cause an abscess.

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This I have seen often, the above and what I found is not external caused. It seems to be a under skin muscle something.

[holdingthezero]

I found no external signs of an obvious injury but that isn't to say it wasnt that.