Table 1.2: The conditions most frequently diagnosed on post-mortem examinations of calves (1-5 months old) in 2017 (n= 705 )
CategoryCountPercentage
Respiratory Infections 266 37.1
GIT Infections 97 13.5
GIT torsion/obstruction 52 7.2
Systemic Infections 48 6.7
GIT ulcer/perforation/foreign body 45 6.3
Diagnosis not reached 41 5.7
Clostridial disease 23 3.2
Nutritional/metabolic conditions 21 2.9
CNS 18 2.5
Cardiac/circulatory conditions 17 2.4
Peritonitis 15 2.1
Urinary Tract conditions 15 2.1
Poisoning 12 1.7
Liver disease 10 1.4
Navel Ill/Joint Ill 10 1.4
Hereditary and developmental abnormality 8 1.1
Tuberculosis 7 1.0 

Calves (1-5 months)

Figure 1.3: The conditions most frequently diagnosed on post-mortem examinations of calves (1-5 months old) in 2017 (n= 705 )