The American Beagler Forum

I am not sure about the name-warbles. I was hunting this weekend and saw several scar tissue type nasty things on the front and back feet of rabbits. Does anyone know anything about them?

AV

I believe they are fly larva that enter through the feet and eat there way around sometimes killing rabbits.

It would not be healthy to eat the rabbits woul it?

It's a parasite living off the host, much like the tape worm, only located between the skin and the flesh. Though repulsive to see, I'll not throw away good hind quarters because there is a spot of scar tissue on the ribs or neck of the rabbit...jmho...Patch

If cooked thoughly it just added protein

It is perfectly edible if the area is trimmed to uninfected tissue. Do you think that an entire beef is thrown away just because it has a parasitic leison, an abcess or an infection??????

Wardog,

If it has Mad-Cow Disease, I would say yes they throw it all away.

AV

After a couple of good killing frost you want find them in your game,rabbits,tree rats.Even if you take a rabbit that has warbles as it's
body temp cools down they will come out.

Yes, if an animal has mad cow disease the entire carcass is to be thrown away as a precaution to keeping it out of the food supply. That doesn't necessarily mean that there is scientific proof that anything other than CNS (central nervous system) tissue is unfit for human consumption. Actually they do NOT know what causes mad cow disease but figure it is a disease similiar to scappies in sheep and possibly chronic wasting disease in deer. But don't think that an entire carcass is thrown away just because it has something wrong with it.

Any of ya`ll ever been to the stock yard to the livestock sales? I've seen cattle acting so sick they were stumbling everywhere, and they were sold as beef cattle and sent to slaughter for consumption. I'd bet half the beef cattle are also shot full of hormones, steroids, etc too. After seeing that trimming around a warble (we call `em "wolves" around here) and eating the uninfected area seems very wholesome!

I wouldn't toss the entire rabbit just because of one small area under the skin. Just discard the bad area and fry the rest!

Hey now, you folks don't want me to go into 24 years of USDA inspecting meat and poultry or better yet the FDA regulations that have a limit on RODENT hairs or droppings. At least with meat and poultry those things still have a zero tolerance. Better go eat supper.

My Dad was a USDA meat Inspector for 40 years and he said it was safe to eat if you trim it off.

Guys that was exactly what I was looking for. I was unsure and didn't want to get anyone sick. Thanks for the info.

AV

As a parttime cattlemen first of all when a sick cow enters the sale barn it is put in a special pen with other sick cows.. These cattle are then run threw the ring and they are sold as cattle to go to dog food plants.. Or a private person may buy them...Your cattle buyers will not touch em. Also the price for a sick cow may bring $5.00 a head or maybe 20 or 30 cents a pound...Your sick cows will not be bought by a packing plant...

Your s in cattle production and Beagling

Georgia Beagler


TRipple C Farm

They are really bad down here in Texas. During mild winters you may see them all year. Same with the deer...