Diseases and the causes of mortality of veal calves in the Netherlands

Abstract

In most cases Dutch veal calf rearers are working in integrated systems with calf dealers, slaughterers and feedstuffs manufacturers.

In the Denkavit integrated organisation the farmers are obliged to send a form immediately to us for each calf that dies. On this form are recorded the age of the calves and the cause of death, or what the Veterinarian or farmer thought was the cause of the mortality.