Poultry Infectious Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

Poultry meat and eggs are the most consumed animal-based protein by humans worldwide, while poultry infectious diseases represent a significant constraint to limiting commercial production, and have negative impact on animal welfare and food safety. The landscape of poultry diseases is very dynamic due to changes in husbandry practices, national and international legislations as well as biological complexity of pathogens. Thus, enhancing scientific knowledge to promote poultry health is crucial to meet the growing demands of poultry derived protein.

This Special Issue focuses on poultry infectious diseases, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites under field or experimental conditions. Research articles and literature reviews covering microbiology, immunology, vaccines, pathology, epidemiology, prevention and control, and diagnostic methods of infectious diseases are welcome.

Dr. Priscilla F. Gerber
Dr. Surya Paudel
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Poultry is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.