Table 1.1: The conditions most frequently diagnosed on post-mortem examinations of bovine neonatal calves in 2017 (n= 769 )
| Category | Count | Percentage |
|---|
| 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 |
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Figure 1.2: The conditions most frequently diagnosed on post-mortem examinations of bovine neonatal calves in 2017 (n= 769 )