Schmallenberg Virus in Calf Born at Term with Porencephaly, Belgium

To the Editor: From the end of August through the end of October 2011, a clinical syndrome involving adult cattle and the fetuses of pregnant cows emerged in the border area between the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1).The syndrome was characterized by nonspecifi c clinical signs (fever, decreased milk production), severe diarrhea, and some abortions.A metagenomic analysis was conducted on pooled samples from cattle with acute signs on a farm in the city of Schmallenberg, Germany.