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Poor old Chams, they get a few bugs from sheep so in some areas they have very low reproduction rates.
I thought sheep could sometimes get TB but that it's very unusual ?

Why do you check the heart ? I have once seen a worm in a sheeps heart. That sheep was not thin but was below the condition of his paddock mates.
Other things have been inflamed intestines in pigs...

Hey charliehorse because MPI are so secretive with Meat Inspecting tutorials etc there is nothing online that I can reference / link here on how to do a proper inspection.
Would it be possible for...

Something that is of great concern regarding Johnes is that it is implicated in Crohn's Disease in humans. Johnes bacteria being found in Crohn's sufferers but not in the general population suggests...

Been thinking about this case and looking at the photo again and considering the coat, which is not just a moulting coat, and the poor body condition and colour of spleen I would put my money on it...

You are correct that heads are used for CWD but CWD is a Prion disease that effects the brain / CNS so it makes sense to check those glands for CWD. I always check the windpipe, lungs, liver,...

Here is a carcase inspection tutorial on inspecting lymph glands on a deer. The spleen on the healthy fallow is different to the scungy red hind posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUM9yDHvcM

For a hind be as wretched thin as that something has been wrong for a few months. I wouldn't eat it as even if it was just old and skinny it would be depleted in minerals and not the sort of tucker...