Novel Insights into Animal Disease Ecology and Epidemiology Under One Health
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2025) | Viewed by 806
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Animal diseases hold a pivotal place within the One Health framework, which recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. Approximately 60% of human infectious diseases and 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, originating from animal populations before spilling over to humans. These diseases, such as avian influenza, Ebola, and COVID-19, have demonstrated the profound impact of animal health on public health and global health security. Additionally, some non-zoonotic pathogens such as prion and African swine fever virus, although not transmittable to humans, significantly affect livestock and veterinary health, which poses a major threat to agricultural biosecurity and regional economies.
Environmental changes, including climate change, land use alterations, and agricultural intensification, can shift the spatial distributions of vector species, alter the migration patterns of wildlife reservoirs, and affect the social behaviors of hosts. These changes influence the ecological mechanisms of disease transmission, amplify the wildlife–livestock–human interface, and increase the potential for pathogen spillover among hosts. Understanding these processes within the context of animal disease ecology and epidemiology is essential for developing proactive and sustainable strategies to mitigate global health risks. The One Health framework emphasizes that addressing animal disease issues not only protects wildlife and livestock populations but also safeguards human and ecosystem health.
This Special Issue will focus on providing novel insights into animal disease ecology and epidemiology under One Health. This Special Issue welcomes a variety of manuscript types, including original research papers, methods papers, reviews, mini-reviews, perspectives, hypotheses and theoretical works, case reports, letters to the editor, brief research reports, commentaries, opinions, editorials, and technology and codes. Prospective authors should follow the authors’ guidelines in the preparation of their manuscripts.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Anni Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- animal disease
- infectious disease
- zoonosis
- One Health
- disease ecology
- epidemiology
- wildlife
- domestic animals
- companion animals
- vectors
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