Bovine neonatal pancytopenia: descriptive epidemiology in Belgium

1Department of Large Animal Internal Medicine, 2Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, 3Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium 4Animal Health Service-Flanders (DGZ-Vlaanderen), Industrielaan 29, 8820 Torhout, Belgium 5AZ Maria Middelares, Kortrijksesteenweg 1026, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 6Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Department of Virology, Groeselenberg 99, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium Bart.Pardon@UGent.be Introduction Bovine neonatal pancytopenia (BNP) is the consensus name for a bleeding and pancytopenic syndrome in neonatal calves which emerged in 2008 all over Europe. The objective was to describe the epidemiology of BNP in Belgium between 2008 and 2010.