Abomasal Ulcers in Veal Calves

Veal calves, or "white veal" calves, are male or female animals that reach slaughter weight at 6-7 months of age after being fed an almost exclusively milk-based diet. The meat appears pale to very pale, not only due to the young age of the animals but also because of the anemic state caused by this feeding regimen.
The abomasal lesions shown in this image sequence were observed and collected during a graduate thesis study (S. Vinai, E. Chiavassa 1985): a post-mortem inspection of the viscera of veal calves of French breeds, sent for routine slaughter at the end of the production cycle. Of the 1,223 calves examined, 444 (36.3%) showed single or multiple abomasal ulcers.
In this image: a non-perforated, non-bleeding ulcer (type I), located at the transition zone between the pyloric region and the fundic region of the abomasum.