Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds
A special issue of Birds (ISSN 2673-6004).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 832
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging viruses; pathogenic avian influenza A (HPAI) viruses; H5N1; HPAI viral polymerase complex; viral RNA; influenza, HIV, and human infections
Interests: avian diseases pathology; wild bird ecology; high-resolution sequencing of geographically diverse populations
Interests: avian disease pathology; diversity and pathology of avian pathogens; avian paramyxoviruses in wild birds; Newcastle disease; avian influenza, and other pathogens
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wild birds can be stressed by a changing climate and by the introduction of novel pathogens into their ecological niches. Diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) can impact a diversity of avian hosts, and spill over into domestic poultry flocks. Pathogens may also have an effect on wild bird migration, behavior, and susceptibility to environmental toxins. In this Special Issue, we solicit articles describing novel avian pathogens (viruses, bacteria, and parasites), the impacts of avian diseases on the health of wild birds and/or their ecology, and descriptions of the host range, evolution or pathogenesis of important pathogens of avian species.
Dr. Eric Bortz
Prof. Dr. Douglas Causey
Dr. Denys V. Muzyka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- avian influenza
- host-pathogen interactions
- diagnostics
- zoonoses
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