title: Congenital jaundice in bovine aborted foetuses: an emerging syndrome in southern Belgium.
abstract: Southern Belgium faces an unusual recent increase of icteric bovine aborted foetuses. In the necropsy room, the majority of foetuses presented jaundice and splenomegaly. Despite a wide range of analyses, no definitive cause of abortion has yet been established but some analysis results support the leptospirosis hypothesis. This first description of cases will help veterinary practitioners to recognize more cases and to conduct those to the laboratory for future investigations.
authors.affiliation: Département Santé Animale, Association Régionale de Santé et d'Identification Animales (ARSIA), Ciney, Belgium; Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to veterinary science (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delooz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Petitjean
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evrard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Czaplicki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saegerman
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007565:Jaundice / Q000151:congenital / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000151:congenital / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Belgium; bovine; emerging syndrome; icteric abortion; leptospirosis