Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Wildlife, Exotic and Zoo Animals Disease

Dear Colleagues,

Disease in wildlife, exotic and zoo animals is as complex as the variety of species and agents in a world that, like them, is constantly changing. Therefore, the disease needs to be seen evolutionarily, in which aetiology, pathogenesis, and functional and structural changes evolve.

Disease detection in a wild animal should always be approached from a global perspective because these animals can act as sentinels of disease, reservoirs of agents, sentinels of environmental contamination, climate change and indicators of its population status. Thus, the approach to disease should be holistic and consider the impact on humans and ecosystems from a conservation perspective.

In the case of wild animals, disease management must consider the treatment and recovery of the animal and its return to the wild, which involves multidisciplinary and integrated work.

This Topical Collection is devoted to all themes related to wildlife, exotic and zoo animals' health and disease, from diagnostics to treatments, to education and conservation aspects for a deeper understanding of wildlife medicine and pathology, in the form of original research manuscripts, short communications of preliminary but significant results, reviews, and case reports.

Dr. Isabel Pires
Dr. Andreia Garcês
Dr. Filipe da Costa Silva
Collection Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.