Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases in Dogs and Cats: Second Edition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Companion Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 67
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary medicine; epidemiology; zoonoses; dogs
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Interests: veterinary epidemiology; antimicrobial resistence; zoonoses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The way humans interact with animals has undergone profound transformations in recent decades. Urbanization, population growth, intensive livestock farming, wildlife trade, and the increasing presence of companion animals in households have reshaped human–animal relationships. At the same time, climate change is altering pathogen distribution and disease dynamics, creating new challenges for public health, veterinary medicine, and animal welfare.
This Special Issue of Animals invites contributions from across disciplines, including epidemiology, microbiology, veterinary medicine, ecology, animal welfare science, and public health policy associated with vector-borne agents and other diseases of dogs and cats that are potentially transmitted to humans. We welcome studies that explore the emergence and re-emergence of zoonotic diseases under changing climatic conditions, novel treatments and diagnostic protocols, antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic pathogens, and the impact of disease control strategies on animal welfare. Additionally, we encourage submissions that examine how shifting socio-cultural attitudes toward animal ownership and management influence vector-borne and zoonotic disease transmission risks.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. We also invite systematic reviews and meta-analyses on emerging trends in zoonotic diseases and animal welfare, as well as case studies that illustrate real-world challenges and solutions across different geographical contexts. By fostering scientific dialogue, this Special Issue aims to provide evidence-based insights that inform policies and interventions balancing public health protection with animal welfare in a rapidly evolving world.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases in dogs and cats;
- Transmission patterns of vector-borne diseases in dogs and cats;
- Impacts of current vector-borne diseases on One Health;
- Zoonotic diseases in dogs and cats and animal welfare;
- Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of major of vector-borne diseases in dogs and cats;
- New patterns that show the clinical signs of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases in dogs and cats.
Dr. Antonio Ortega-Pacheco
Dr. Matilde Jimenez-Coello
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vector-borne disease
- zoonoses
- dogs
- cats
- diagnostic
- epidemiology
- treatment
- One health
- zoonotic diseases and animal welfare
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