Wildlife Diseases: Pathology and Diagnostic Investigation—2nd Edition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Wildlife".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 69
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wildlife pathology; parasitology; histopathology; microbiology
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Interests: wildlife pathology; parasitology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic, studies on wild animals have primarily focused on their potential epidemiological role in transmitting infectious diseases to humans, livestock, and pets. While recognizing the importance of this aspect—widely acknowledged by the scientific community within the One Health framework—this Special Issue aims to reconsider wild fauna as a genuine subject of veterinary and medico-legal investigation, beyond its role as an (often healthy) carrier of zoonotic agents.
We welcome scientific contributions reporting pathological processes in wild animals—free-ranging or captive (including exotic species)—such as congenital, metabolic–degenerative, parasitic, infectious, and neoplastic diseases. Submissions may be supported by necroscopic and histopathological findings demonstrating the harmful action of the identified etiological factors, confirmed through validated diagnostic protocols (e.g., bacteriological and virological analyses, biomolecular techniques, and clinical chemistry).
Articles addressing non-pathological causes of death (i.e., trauma and starvation) or studies on anatomical and physiological that enhance our understanding of wild fauna are also encouraged. Particular attention will be given to the quality of the iconographic material (high- resolution photos of gross and microscopic lesions) and to the detailed description of materials and methods supporting each case report.
Dr. Lorenzo Domenis
Dr. Serena Robetto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pathology
- histopathology
- bacteriology
- microbiology
- diseases
- wildlife
- captive and free-ranging wild animals
- exotic species
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