Aquatic Animal Medicine and Pathology 2nd Edition: Host–Pathogen Interactions
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fish parasitology; host–pathogen interaction; fish immunology; marine organisms’ pathology; microbiology
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2. S2AQUAColab—Association for a Sustainable and Smart Aquaculture, Av. Parque Natural da Ria Formosa s/n, 8700-194 Olhão, Portugal
Interests: marine aquaculture; pathology; welfare
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The already noticeable implications of global warming associated with changes in pathogen life cycles, transmission, the extension of the infectious season, and the geographical expansion of disease-affected areas, coupled with global warming effects on the fitness and condition of aquatic animals worldwide, are posing new challenges to an already major bottleneck to the aquaculture industry's development and the survival of aquaria and wild marine animals. It is crucial to better understand and characterise disease processes in known and new disease outbreaks, particularly in terms of host–pathogen crosstalk, which will enable the development of innovative solutions and the optimisation of epidemiological models to create countermeasures that can limit the impact of disease on the aquaculture industry and wild/aquarium aquatic animals.
In line with this, the second edition of this Special Issue welcomes original scientific and review articles on key and emerging aquatic animal diseases and their impact on the hosts, covering pathogen characterisation, host–pathogen interaction (e.g., gene/protein expression, extracellular vesicles), transmission (including wild-farmed host interactions), pathogenesis, global warming effects, and novel treatment strategies. Articles focusing on multiomics, new health monitoring techniques, and innovative approaches are also welcome for publication in this Special Issue.
Dr. Márcio Júlio Vicente Moreira
Dr. Florbela Soares
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aquatic animals
- aquaculture
- aquaria
- wild communities
- host–pathogen crosstalk
- global warming
- epidemiological models
- health monitoring
- omics
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