Worms in hogs?

[kyle1974]

Eat through the worms or throw it away?

Ive Never noticed these before but I was going slow showing my son how to clean a pig.

[Jspradley]

All wild hogs have some sort of worms... if its not ones you can see its microscopic trichinosis...

[kyle1974]

These are in a few areas in the fat. I guess they won't change the taste much then. LOL

[DOUBLE.A]

Never seen them. If I've eaten them on accident then they taste **** good. Someone told me once that if the boys eat trash and you eat the hogs you could die.

[BigRed323]

I won't even eat a fish if I visibly see worms in the meat. Would toss the pig if it was me.

[catslayer]

that's why you don't eat wild pork rare...

[rjtkdplus]

Cook it and you'll be fine. Those worms taste just like pork!

[R Dubya]

I won't even eat a fish if I visibly see worms in the meat. Would toss the pig if it was me.

Pretty Much!!

[kyle1974]

I eat the hell out of fish worms. Vast majority of trout I catch have them. And I'm doing just

[jakeb03]

It will all cook out!

[huntresss]

That appears to be a kidney worm, which is very common in feral hogs. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find a hog without them. When you remove the kidneys, or cut through the renal arteries, oftentimes the worms will either fall or come crawling out, which is probably the case in your hog. It looks like the worm is in fat, but given the tenderloin in the background, it's sitting close to where the kidneys were before you field dressed this hog. Most folks don't do a thorough necropsy of the animals they kill, but if you really went looking for them, you'd almost always find kidney worms in hogs. They're not of any human health significance, so go ahead and enjoy your pork!

[GarGuy]

That appears to be a kidney worm, which is very common in feral hogs. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find a hog without them. When you remove the kidneys, or cut through the renal arteries, oftentimes the worms will either fall or come crawling out, which is probably the case in your hog. It looks like the worm is in fat, but given the tenderloin in the background, it's sitting close to where the kidneys were before you field dressed this hog. Most folks don't do a thorough necropsy of the animals they kill, but if you really went looking for them, you'd almost always find kidney worms in hogs. They're not of any human health significance, so go ahead and enjoy your pork!

Excellent post and dead on.

[Drycreek3189]

Coyotes gotta eat too.........

[kyle1974]

That appears to be a kidney worm, which is very common in feral hogs. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find a hog without them. When you remove the kidneys, or cut through the renal arteries, oftentimes the worms will either fall or come crawling out, which is probably the case in your hog. It looks like the worm is in fat, but given the tenderloin in the background, it's sitting close to where the kidneys were before you field dressed this hog. Most folks don't do a thorough necropsy of the animals they kill, but if you really went looking for them, you'd almost always find kidney worms in hogs. They're not of any human health significance, so go ahead and enjoy your pork!

Great information, thanks!

Like I said, I was going very slow and my son was asking questions, so it was a bit of a science project. There were also some lodged in a mass of fat near the kidneys, but definitely in the fat. I actually cut them out. Do you think it's the same type?

If it would have been me that shot it, I'd have no issue chucking it. I just have an excited little boy that doesn't want to throw his pig away.

[BigRed323]

I eat the hell out of fish worms. Vast majority of trout I catch have them. And I'm doing just

That's nasty. Lol