Histopathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 6168
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary pathology; aquatic animal health, fish pathology; mollusk diseases; mycobacteriosis; histopathology; immunohistochemistry
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Interests: veterinary pathology; fish pathology; mollusk diseases; histopathology; immunohistochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The pathology of aquatic animals is a vast and heterogeneous field of research due to the wide variety, phylogenetic distances, and peculiar characteristics of species therein. Therefore, the histopathology and immunology of aquatic animals are poorly investigated. A standardized diagnostic classification system for macroscopical and histopathological lesions related to aquatic animal diseases is needed. Evaluating tissue lesions through histopathology could be a useful tool when determining the health status of aquatic animals related to pathogens. In addition, many aspects of the immune systems of aquatic organisms are still unknown. A deeper understanding of the mechanisms by which aquatic animals' immune systems develop, recognize, and respond to distinct pathogens and the environment will be a valuable tool for the development of suitable biomarkers to assess fish health status. This Special Issue aims to contribute to filling these gaps, with manuscripts giving new insight into the immune systems of aquatic animals, especially related to host–pathogen interaction. Moreover, the guest editors would particularly appreciate papers aimed at contributing to a standardized method for a univocal macroscopical and histological classification of lesions associated with the main diseases, in the form of original research manuscripts and reviews.
Dr. Elisabetta Antuofermo
Dr. Marta Polinas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gross pathology
- histology
- cytology
- infectious diseases and One Health
- tumors
- immunohistochemistry
- biomarker discovery
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