Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Animals: One Health Insights
A Special Issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615) belonging to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2027 | Viewed by 139
Editors
Interests: zoonoses; vector-borne diseases; companion animal infectious diseases; diagnostic epidemiology; pathogen surveillance; one health; emerging and re-emerging pathogens; parasitology; molecular diagnostics; veterinary clinical microbiology
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2. Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Veterinary Faculty, University of Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: horses; zoonoses; vector-borne diseases; companion animal infectious diseases; diagnostic epidemiology; pathogen surveillance; one health; emerging and re-emerging pathogens; parasitology; molecular diagnostics; veterinary clinical microbiology
2. Ruminant Clinical Service, Veterinary Faculty, University of Zaragoza, Miguel Servet 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: ruminants; zoonoses; vector-borne diseases; small ruminant infectious diseases; diagnostic epidemiology; pathogen surveillance; one health; emerging and re-emerging pathogens; parasitology; molecular diagnostics; veterinary clinical microbiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in animals pose a continuing threat to animal health, public health, biodiversity, food security, and the sustainability of veterinary practice. Their impact is increasingly shaped by climate change, land-use change, global animal movement, wildlife–livestock–human interfaces, vector expansion, antimicrobial resistance, and advances in pathogen detection. A One Health perspective is therefore essential to understand how infectious agents circulate across species and environments, and to design timely prevention, surveillance, and control strategies.
This Special Issue focuses on infectious diseases affecting companion animals, livestock, equids, wildlife, and other animal populations, with an emphasis on their clinical, epidemiological, diagnostic, ecological, and public-health relevance. We welcome original research articles, reviews, short communications, and case-based studies addressing pathogen emergence or re-emergence, molecular and serological surveillance, outbreak investigations, host–pathogen interactions, vector-borne infections, zoonotic risks, antimicrobial resistance, vaccination, biosecurity, risk modelling, and innovative diagnostic or control approaches.
A thematic issue is particularly appropriate because these problems cannot be fully understood through isolated disciplinary perspectives. Bringing together clinical veterinary studies, epidemiology, microbiology, parasitology, ecology, and public-health research will help identify shared drivers of disease emergence, compare surveillance approaches across regions and host species, and translate scientific evidence into practical One Health interventions. This collection aims to provide a timely forum for researchers and practitioners working to anticipate, detect, and mitigate infectious disease threats at the animal–human–environment interface.
Dr. Sergio Villanueva-Saz
Dr. Diana Marteles-Aragüés
Dr. Marta Ruiz de Arcaute
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- emerging infectious diseases
- re-emerging infectious diseases
- one health
- zoonoses
- veterinary epidemiology
- vector-borne diseases
- animal pathogens
- wildlife–livestock interface
- companion animal infections
- molecular diagnostics
- surveillance
- antimicrobial resistance
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