Figure 2.

Examinations carried out by hunters and post‐mortem inspection of large game

Summarises the PMI for hunted large game.

• (a): if no trained person is available, in a particular case, the head (except for tusks, antlers and horns) and all the viscera except for the stomach and the intestines must accompany the body. The viscera must be identifiable as belonging to a specific animal. (Note: this assumes that hunters during evisceration already perform some examination of stomach and intestines)
  (b):‘Viscera’ means the organs of the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities, as well as the trachea and oesophagus.
  (c): Head can be removed before, except in species susceptible for Trichinella.