Blessings to Don Earl for all his hard work and all his help.
Here's what we have so far:
As you can see, the lab found "rare large gram positive rods" in 5 out of the six samples, yet they were unable to culture anything. They then went on to test for clostridium perfringens which is what I would have requested based on some research I did.
I am seriously contemplating having them test for bacillus anthracis and bacillus cereus.
B. anthracis also known as anthrax can be in animals and it usually comes from the spores in the soil. I remember a man who brought some sort of hide back from Africa and he wound up with anthrax as a result of contact with the hide. Perhaps, because this beef comes from Uruguay it is similar??
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/anthrax/news/feb2806anthrax.htmlMy research for large gram positive rods led me here:
http://www.buddycom.com/bacteria/gpr.htmlAny thoughts or input will be most appreciated.
I intend to notify the Corporate DVM from Newmans. I didn't go the "organoleptic" test route, nor did I repeatedly feed it to unsuspecting kitties.
I wll also notify the FDA and the USDA and quite possibly the NYS Dept. of Ag