The Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Livestock Animals, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 57
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bovine respiratory disease; diagnostic immunohistochemistry; histological patterns of infectious disease agents; malignant catarrhal fever; molecular epidemiology; pathogenesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous one, entitled “The Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Livestock Animals”.
This Special Issue focuses on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnosis of infectious diseases in livestock animals. Infectious diseases in livestock can have a significant impact on animal health and productivity, as well as on human health and the economy. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the underlying mechanisms of these diseases and to develop effective strategies for their prevention, control, and diagnosis. For this Special Issue, we invite the scientific community to submit original scientific articles, reviews, opinion articles, and/or short communications from fields of research related to infectious diseases in livestock animals.
The articles published in this Special Issue will cover a range of topics related to infectious diseases in livestock. They will provide insights into the pathogenesis of various infectious agents, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and other parasitic pathogens, and how these agents interact with their hosts to cause disease. Papers related to the epidemiology of infectious diseases in livestock that address the factors that contribute to their dissemination and the methods used to control their transmission are also welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue.
In addition, this Special Issue aims to highlight the latest advances in the diagnosis of infectious diseases in livestock. We invite the submission of articles describing various diagnostic techniques, including traditional methods such as bacteriology, mycology, and virology, as well as newer diagnostic approaches such as molecular biology, new-generation sequencing, in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemistry. The use of these techniques in the detection, pathogenesis, and identification of infectious agents of livestock animals, as well as their advantages and limitations, is welcome to be elucidated in this Special Issue.
Overall, this Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current understanding of infectious diseases in livestock, as well as the tools and strategies available for their prevention, control, and diagnosis. We hope that this Special Issue will be a valuable resource for veterinarians, researchers, and policymakers involved in the fight against infectious diseases in livestock.
Prof. Dr. Selwyn Arlington Headley
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pathogenesis
- epidemiology
- diagnosis
- livestock animals
- infectious diseases
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