Transmission of Emerging Diseases in Food Animals

Dear Colleagues,

The emergence and establishment of infectious diseases and their subsequent spread to naïve geographic areas are of serious concern for the sustainability of food animal production industries and ultimate food safety and security. These infectious diseases can result in heavy mortality and production losses; spillover to other species, including humans; restrictions on trade and movement of animals and animal products; and increased production cost. Some of these diseases spread through the host species and across international boundaries, impacting larger geographical areas and causing significant losses. Intensified production, climate change, deforestation, increase in international trade, and global movement of people, animals, and animal products further exacerbate the emergence and spread of food animal infectious diseases. More evidence is needed to comprehend food animal disease emergence better and spread and help to formulate informed mitigation and control programs in this context.

This Special Issue of Animals will bring together the latest research from different aspects of emerging infectious diseases, such as (including but not limited to) host–environment interaction, diagnostic advancements with field application data, surveillance, epidemiology including molecular epidemiology, infectious disease modeling, laboratory and field studies demonstrating disease emergence and spread, and prevention and management practices.

Dr. Krishna Kumar Thakur
Guest Editor

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