Diagnosis and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases in Livestock
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 1043
Special Issue Editor
Interests: swine mycoplasmosis; respiratory pathology; pathogenesis of infectious disease; diagnostic assay development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Livestock provide food and income for people across the world. Understanding and controlling disease is critical not only to the health and wellbeing of the animals, but also to the food supply chain and the health of humans. Understanding the pathogenesis of disease allows for better diagnostics, preventative medicine, and therapeutics. With the rapid advent of worldwide epidemics and zoonotic spread of disease, the pathogenesis of diseases of livestock also has both a direct and indirect impact on the science of human disease. Diagnostic investigations are central to providing context for treatment, management, and prevention plans. Understanding not only the tests available for disease, but also the contexts of when and how these are used by veterinarians and livestock caregivers allows for efficient, economical diagnosis and rapid returns on investment of resources.
This Special Issue focuses on the diagnostic process, as well as on a broad understanding of the breadth of tests available for livestock infectious disease diagnosis. Additionally, this issue covers the pathogenesis of infectious disease in livestock, with particular focus on comparative pathology and pathogenesis across species.
Dr. Rachel J. Derscheid
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- diseases of cattle
- diseases of swine
- diseases of small ruminants
- diseases of camelids
- pathology of livestock diseases
- molecular diagnostics
- serology
- bacterial disease of livestock
- viral diseases of livestock
- parasitic disease of livestock
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