» Generalized peritonitis (2-month-old heifer calf)

A Piedmontese heifer calf approximately two months old died within 2 days after being moved with its mother from a single pen to a pen with other animals. The farmer suspects the cause was a traumatic event.
The medical history reports no recent therapeutic treatments; the external examination of the animal shows normal growth and no significant signs of pathology or injury.
Opening the abdominal cavity reveals a diffuse peritonitis of recent origin, with the presence of a foul-smelling purulent effusion and fibrin covering the greater omentum.