Bacterial Disease Research in Livestock and Poultry
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 2734
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular pathogens and immunology of livestock and poultry; co-infection and synergistic pathogenic mechanism of pathogens; antibiotic-resistance; quorum sensing systems; biofilms; phage-microbe interaction; antimicrobial agents; plant extracts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bacterial infections remain a critical threat to livestock and poultry health, welfare, and productivity worldwide, posing significant risks to food security, economic stability, and public health through zoonotic transmission and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This Special Issue, “Bacterial Disease Research in Livestock and Poultry”, seeks to compile cutting-edge research addressing the multifaceted challenges of bacterial diseases in these vital animal sectors.
We enthusiastically welcome researchers to submit their original research and review articles, brief research reports, and opinions. The potential themes covered by this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Antimicrobial resistance, virulence, pathogenicity, and transmission mechanisms of bacterial diseases in livestock and poultry;
- Emerging and endemic bacterial infections in livestock and poultry;
- Development of accurate typing methods to track the dissemination of zoonotic bacteria;
- Development of sustainable detection methods to tackle bacterial infections in livestock and poultry;
- Development of effective vaccines to prevent bacterial diseases in livestock and poultry；
- Development of novel antibacterial agents—encompassing natural products, small-molecule compounds, bacteriophages, and other therapeutic modalities—to counteract pathogen-mediated antimicrobial resistance and virulence.
Prof. Dr. Yang Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- livestock and poultry
- antimicrobial resistance
- pathogenesis
- antimicrobial agents
- pathogen detection methods
- vaccines
- phage
- plant extracts
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