reply from fish and game
Hi Michael,
First off, congratulations! I’d love to hear about your hunt and see some less zoomed in pictures of the moose. The photos you sent look like two things, the first and third photo show normal lymph nodes and are not a cause for concern. The picture of the lungs show what look like hydatid cysts. These are from tapeworm larvae and do not affect the quality of the meat. The tapeworm cysts could cause a tapeworm infection in dogs if fed to them so that should be avoided. Congratulations on your successful hunt and please remember to send in an incisor tooth for aging.
Ben Turnock
Wildlife Biologist
Ferry, Stevens, and Pend Oreille counties
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife