Identifying and Monitoring Health-Based Threats to Animals: Contaminants and Pathogen Exposures

Dear Colleagues,

In today's highly industrialized world undergoing climate change, the issue of the impact of pollutants and pathogens on animal health plays an important role. The health of animals factors not only into the protection of species diversity, but also into maintaining human health by monitoring and continuously influencing the maintenance of adequate animal health. The topic of environmental pollution includes a wide spectrum of substances that, when entering the food chain, significantly affect the health and welfare of free-living and domesticated animals. We believe that the scientific community should have a leading role in limiting the effects of the changes taking place, providing opinions that arise on the basis of well-documented scientific research. The impact of various types of pollutants and pathogens on animal organisms is a wide topic that is a part of the broad field of life sciences. As analytical technologies and diagnostic methods have progressed in recent decades, significant advances have been made in this field; however, research on this topic should continue its important contributions to the body of knowledge on the effects of various contaminants and pathogens on animal health and productivity. Therefore, we are of the opinion that a Special Issue, collating research on the aforementioned topics, will be an excellent platform for the exchange of scientific ideas in the sense of publishing research results. We encourage the submission of all papers related to this topic, including studies on monitoring the presence of contaminants and pathogens in the animal environment and their influence on animal welfare and health, results of laboratory tests, as well as papers on research methodology in this area and broad population studies.

Prof. Dr. Ewa M. Skibniewska
Dr. Michal Skibniewski
Guest Editors

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