Veterinary Microbiology
A section of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607).
Section Information
Diseases affecting livestock can result in major economic losses but are also sources of zoonotic infections in animal handlers and the general public from the consumption of animal food products. On the global scale, the pig, cattle, sheep, poultry, and aquaculture industries experience great losses as a result of microbial infections, and these infections, some of which are zoonotic, also have deleterious effects on wild animal species.
Companion animals exchange components of their microbial flora and their antimicrobial resistance genes with their owners. We live in a One Health age where, in a shrinking world, more and more contact is occurring between wild animals, livestock, and humans, resulting in the transfer of many pathogens, some of which can have global consequences. This relationship also means that many diseases affecting humans and animals must be tackled on a “One Health” basis.
The "Veterinary Microbiology Section" of Microorganisms accepts manuscripts, namely original research and review articles, covering basic and applied areas of veterinary microbiology, microbial infections, and antimicrobial resistance. Articles that are outside the scope of the listed topics may be referred to another section of Microorganisms upon submission.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Pathogens and Aquaculture (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Epidemiology and Control Strategies for Brucellosis (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Porcine Virus: From Pathogenesis to Control Strategies (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Beneficial Microorganisms in Aquaculture, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Antimicrobial Resistance and the Use of Antibiotics in Animals (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Viral Infection on Swine: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Control (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- New Progress in Animal Herpesviruses (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- The Pathogenic Epidemiology of Important Swine Diseases (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Animal Viral Infectious Diseases (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Interplays Between Gut Microbiome and Animal Health, Disease and Production Performance (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Pathogens and Aquaculture: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Rabies Virus: Infections, Reservoirs and Vectors (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Poultry Pathogens and Poultry Diseases, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Dietary and Animal Gut Microbiota (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Parasitic Diseases in Livestock, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Gut Microbiome, Zoonotic Diseases, and Pathogen–Host Interactions (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Microbial Infections in Ruminants (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Infectious Diseases in Aquaculture (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance in Animal Populations (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Pathogenesis and Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms of Fish Pathogens (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advances in Parvovirus Infection of Pets and Waterfowl (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Ticks, Pathogens, and Microbes: Unraveling Nature's Tiny Mysteries (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Microorganisms for Sustainable Aquaculture (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Bovine Anaplasmosis (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Probiotics, Pebiotics and Pet Health (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Infectious Diseases in Animals (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Emerging Diseases in Aquatic Animals (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Enhancing Gut Health: Early-Life Microbiome Manipulation in Poultry Through Probiotics (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Parasitic Diseases in Husbandry Animals and Relevant Antiparasitic Treatment (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advances in Veterinary Microbiology (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance in Veterinary Medicine, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Microbiome in Fish and Their Living Environment (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Diagnosis and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases in Livestock (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Gut Microbiome Composition in Livestock and Mice (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Epidemiology of Zoonotic Pathogens (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Gut Microbiota of Food Animal (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Research on Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- The Host Response to Animal Virus Infection (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: