Processing and contamination : Meat Rabbits - Page 2

Preitler wrote:Well. Fresh urin is steril, no bacterial contamination there, can be rinsed off, no problem.

Also, with rabbits being herbivores, I don't think many problems can arise anyway when proper rinsing and cooling is provided after butchering, imho it takes quite a lot of things to actually spoil rabbit meat.

Putting the rabbit on cutting boards, or whatever, would imho the bigger risk, but anyway, with proper cooling, rinsing and cooking not a real big problem.

Bacteria are present at low levels in the urine of healthy people not suffering from a urinary tract infection, Evann Hilt of Loyola University of Chicago reported May 18 at a conference of the American Society for Microbiology. Now, Hilt and her colleagues are figuring out what bacteria make up the normal bladder community and whether a change in that community might trigger urinary problems.