In March 2009 a three-year-old Belgian Blue breeding bull in Western Flanders demonstrated multiplenodules on the withers, shoulders and neck. Some of them were bleeding. The bull had been imported fromthe south of Belgium in the summer of 2008. Serohaemorrhagic exsudate from one of the nodules wasexamined under the light microscope and a larva and embryonated egg of Parafilaria bovicola could beidentified. On histopathology a eosinophilic dermatitis was present and after serial sectioning an adult femalefilarid was found in the superficial dermis. The animal was treated with moxidectin and the skin lesionsdisappeared within a week. This is the first diagnosed case of bovine parafilariasis in Flanders. Nine monthslater, no additional cases were identified neither on the farm nor on the neighbouring farms.