Table 3.1: The conditions most frequently diagnosed on post-mortem examinations of lambs (0-12 months of age) in 2017 (n= 741 )
CategoryCountPercentage
GIT Infections 172 22.7
Systemic Infections 95 12.5
Clostridial disease 94 12.4
Respiratory Infections 94 12.4
Nutritional/metabolic conditions 46 6.1
CNS 33 4.3
Diagnosis not reached 30 4.0
Other diseases 25 3.3
Liver disease 22 2.9
GIT torsion/obstruction 20 2.6
Reproductive Tract Conditions 18 2.4
Abcessation 13 1.7
Cardiac/circulatory conditions 13 1.7
Urinary Tract conditions 13 1.7
Navel Ill/Joint Ill 11 1.4
Trauma 11 1.4
GIT ulcer/perforation/foreign body 9 1.2
Integument/Musculoskeletal 8 1.1
Hereditary and developmental abnormality 7 0.9
Poisoning 7 0.9 

Lambs (0-12 months)

Figure 3.1: The conditions most frequently diagnosed on post-mortem examinations of lambs (0-12 months of age) in 2017 (n= 741 )