Salmon-experience

[Gina Heitz <brier@oregonsbest.com>]

Deb wrote:

> >>They freeze it completely first which destroys the flukes! <<

Deb and All,

Yes freezing does kill many things including flukes in fish but it's the 
temps and time in freezer that does the trick.  I don't remember which 
Billinghurst book it's in but he talks about freezing meat/fish and proper 
temp and "aging". I understand you can not freeze with any home freezer 
sufficiently.

Personally salmon poisoning scares the be gee's out of me.  I was at the 
vet (imagine that), there was s dog in for treatment for this and I have to 
tell you, it was not pretty.  I know this dog so know what he looks like 
when he is well.  He was not well....  Don't know if he made it but I do 
know they were really concerned at the clinic that he might not.  He was 
hooked up to monitors and had a IV drip going and a tech in attendance to 
physically monitor him.  We were in the treatment room where most of my 
dogs end up, we skip the normal exam rooms usually. <LOL>

This dog was not fed salmon but rather must have gotten into it ie:  some 
one didn't clean up well enough after cleaning fish. :-(  Point of this 
post is to say while I personally do feed a raw diet and do feed my dogs 
fish I would never attempt to process fish myself by freezer.  My guys eat 
canned mackerel for the most part.  I don't worry about the bones in the 
canned fish as they are just mush and I do whirl them in my processor with 
veggies and eggs.

Those who do enjoy fishing or outings where there is fishing please be very 
cautious with you babies and fish.  Like the article says even just the 
blood from the two fishes is enough to cause a problem.

Gina