Skip to main content

Table 3 Major causes of morbidity and mortality in the 274 calves monitored in southern Ethiopia

From: Longitudinal study of calf morbidity and mortality and the associated risk factors on urban and peri-urban dairy farms in southern Ethiopia

Causes

Morbidity (N = 101)

Mortality (N = 29)

No. of cases

Percentage (%)

No. of cases

Percentage (%)

Diarrhea

72

71.3

18

62.1

Pneumonia

19

18.8

4

13.8

Septicemia

3

2.97

-

-

Joint illness

5

4.95

-

-

Navel illness

6

5.94

-

-

FMD

1

0.99

-

-

Mechanical injury

2

1.98

1

3.4

Ring worm

1

0.99

-

-

Unknown causes

-

-

6

20.7