[The incidence of clinical cases in a peri-urban farm animal practice]

The incidence of clinical cases in farm animals encountered in the ambulatory practice at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, is discussed. In a 3 year period 4 013 clinical cases were seen; these did not include cases seen during herd examinations. The diagnoses made are grouped under infectious diseases (19,6%), nonspecific inflammatory conditions (17,3%), gastro-intestinal conditions (9,7%), gynaecological conditions and procedures (14,5%), surgical conditions and procedures (26%), toxicological conditions (3,7%), metabolic diseases (1,5%), nutritional abnormalities (2,4%) and miscellaneous conditions.