Table 1.1: The conditions most frequently diagnosed on post-mortem examinations of bovine neonatal calves in 2017 (n= 769 )
CategoryCountPercentage
GIT Infections 257 32.8
Systemic Infections 160 20.4
Respiratory Infections 67 8.6
Hereditary and developmental abnormality 51 6.5
Nutritional/metabolic conditions 51 6.5
GIT torsion/obstruction 38 4.8
Navel Ill/Joint Ill 29 3.7
GIT ulcer/perforation/foreign body 28 3.6
Diagnosis not reached 22 2.8
Cardiac/circulatory conditions 14 1.8
Peritonitis 14 1.8
Clostridial disease 7 0.9
Urinary Tract conditions 7 0.9
CNS 6 0.8
Integument/Musculoskeletal 6 0.8
Poisoning 6 0.8
Reproductive Tract Conditions 6 0.8 

Neonatal calves (0-1 months)

Figure 1.2: The conditions most frequently diagnosed on post-mortem examinations of bovine neonatal calves in 2017 (n= 769 )