title: Bovine neonatal pancytopenia in calves in Poland.
abstract: Bovine neonatal pancytopenia (BNP), a newly emerged syndrome of discussed etiology in calves, has been diagnosed since 2006. Here we describe first cases of BNP in Poland. Between September 2008 and April 2011, 62 cases of BNP were diagnosed in dairy calves. Bleeding skin lesions were mostly pronounced in summer and early autumn. Severe thrombocytopenia was observed in all sick animals. All calves came from herds vaccinated against BVDV infection with PregSure BVD vaccine (Pfizer). Substitution of colostrum from dams of BNP positive calves with colostrum from dams from herds free of BNP was the only effective measure to avoid new cases in affected herds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 20, 60-625 Poznań, Poland. jasko@up.poznan.pl
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jaśkowski
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Polak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marszałek
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frackowiak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olechnowicz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology