Moose Measles

[Dakota]

Anybody ever heard of Moose Measles, My buddy shot a moose and the butcher said it had Moose Measles. Looks like little white balls in the meat. He said it is safe to eat and non transferable to humans. Wondering if anybody has seen this before?

[rocksteady]

Did you google it??? May just be a slang name for something else...

http://www.srd.alberta.ca/fishwildli...WDTkrabbei.pdf

[jml11]

I've seen it to some degree in pretty much every moose I have dealt with, with the exception of calves. Most I have only noticed a couple of the cysts. They are the cyst form of a tapeworm that matures in predators that feed on moose....reasons for not feeding raw organs and meat to your dog!

They are harmless to people and typically can't be found after freezeing/cooking.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/wldheal...se_measles.htm

[The Dawg]

Saw a few cysts in the liver of a moose I was in on killing this year

Seen it before.

Eaten the meat


Im still alive

[rocksteady]

Cysts in a liver are usually liver flukes.. they gross me out, even though I don't eat liver...

http://www.unbc.ca/nlui/wildlife_dis...ver_flukes.htm

[604redneck]

Seen it in 5 bulls this year

[mbway]

Every moose ive shot has had them. Found 10 this weekend in the moose i cut. No harm to people. Just dont tell your wife.

[Caribou_lou]

I've seen it to some degree in pretty much every moose I have dealt with, with the exception of calves. Most I have only noticed a couple of the cysts. They are the cyst form of a tapeworm that matures in predators that feed on moose....reasons for not feeding raw organs and meat to your dog!

They are harmless to people and typically can't be found after freezeing/cooking.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/wldheal...se_measles.htm

You are right on the Money Jml11. Seen them in every moose we have dealt with over the last few years. More prominent in the older bulls we find. We make every attempt to take them out still.

[Dakota]

Thanks for the info guys, thought it was safe aswell, nice to here the same.

[dime]

We have found them in most moose as well. They are tapeworm larvae that are only transmittable to dogs, they can not infect humans. If you hunt moose in an area that holds wolves you will almost certainly have moose measles in your meat. Although they can not infect people, they can infect the family dog so you should not feed raw moose meat to your dogs or you will be going to the vet for de-worming medicine. If your wife finds them in the meat tell her they are fatty deposits and should be removed as they can taste bad, but no worries if she misses a few- it is all protein.