Help me please

[Daniella]

Hi. We were butchering our turkey for thanksgiving today and this is what the liver looked like. Does anyone know why it would be green? And should we not eat the turkey? I would appreciate any advice thank you

 

[rjohns39]

@R2elk @duluthralphie Can one of you jump in here? Does this look like the result of MS/MG?

 

[duluthralphie]

If that was a chicken I would say Mareks.

What was the gall bladder like? It almost looks either infected or a blocked Bile duct.

I would be more worried about the tumors though..
I have nothing to say really... That is startling.

Turkeys can get Mareks, but it is rare. There appears to be scar tissue there too. Maybe a salmonella infection. I am just guessing.

@casportpony

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Hi Daniella! I'm just wanting to follow.
I haven't witnessed anything like this in slaughtering chicken or turkeys.

 

[duluthralphie]

I'm just observing.
I haven't witnessed anything like this in slaughtering chicken or turkeys.

Me either. I would be looking really hard at the bird and consider throwing it all away.

 

[rjohns39]

Let's see what @casportpony has to say. I too have never seen this before.

ETA: Do you still have the rest of the insides? Can you do a neoscrospy (sp) and post pix of the rest?

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Me either. I would be looking really hard at the bird and consider throwing it all away.

I'll admit it's my thoughts as well to be on the safe side if it was mine. But I have no specific scientific knowledge to back either decision. The fact that it's a filtering organ, is probably the main issue I have with it.

It's unfortunate that the liver showed up as this.

 

[duluthralphie]

I love liver!!!

I worry though about that liver failing to do its job and the body being loaded with crap...

 

[goedric]

I would not risk it either... here is a manual for meat use and poultry disease for developing countries... not that it will be the same in the USA but there are pictures and diagnosis and recommendations... their pics for mareks look similar. anyway....

http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0756e/T0756E08.htm

 

[microchick]

I agree with @duluthralphie I've seen lots of pictures like that regarding chickens with Marek's. Definitely a diseased liver with more than one problem going on.

Would I eat that turkey? Ummmmmmm gotta ask yourself, if you were a USDA inspector and looked at this bird and the organs would you pass it for human consumption?

Shame to waste the whole bird though. Maybe pet food?