Parasites of Wildlife and Livestock: Recent Progress and Future Challenges
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitic Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 699
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Parasites of wildlife include infections of great importance in wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation institutions, and zoos and can compromise the rehabilitation of animals and life in captivity. In livestock, they mainly affect food production capacity. These infections can be clinical or subclinical, and their effects are often underestimated.
Currently, climate and environmental changes and the permeability of animals between peri-urban and wild environments lead to the emergence and/or resurgence of parasitic infections, leading to new challenges in health promotion.
These thoughts have led us to create a Special Issue entitled “Parasites of Wildlife and Livestock: Recent Progress and Future Challenges” where we can disseminate our recent studies and results, whether with ecto- or endoparasites, as well as share thoughts on future challenges that we will face with the many emerging environmental and climatic changes, which promote the greater permeability of domestic and wild animals.
Both original research and review articles are welcome. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Epidemiological/control studies;
- New diagnostic tools in parasitic diseases;
- Pathogenic mechanisms in parasitic diseases;
- New treatment of parasitic diseases.
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Brener
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- helminths
- protozoan
- ectoparasites
- animals
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