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Effects of Diet on Small Animal Health—2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Gramenzi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3207 | Submission Open

Keywords: dog; cat; nutrition; pet food; nutraceuticals; functional foods; probiotics; prebiotics; postbiotics; lipid; protein; lipidomics; omega 3; omega 6; digestibility; bioavailability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases in Veterinary Medicine)

Antimicrobial Use and Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Poultry

edited by

Mohamed Rhouma

and

Patrick Butaye

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial use; antimicrobial resistance; poultry; pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics optimization; alternatives to antimicrobials; education and awareness; food chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Advances in Bovine Uterine Infection

edited by Luying Cui

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: endometritis; uterine infection; uterine health; animal reproduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics)

Focus on Tumours in Pet Animals

edited by

Louise van der Weyden

submission deadline 1 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 18637 | Submission Open

Keywords: dog; cat; horse; rabbit; pet; neoplasia; tumour; cancer; oncology; genetics; pathology; diagnosis; prognosis; treatment; resistance; biomarker; presentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Internal Medicine)

Immunological Assessment of Veterinary Infectious Diseases

edited by

María José García-Iglesias

César-B. Gutiérrez Martín

and

Sonia Martinez

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10080 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunological assessment; infectious diseases; animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Advances in Lymphoma in Animals

edited by

Arianna Miglio

submission deadline 24 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: lymphoma; dog; cat; horse; ruminant; diagnosis; treatment; prognosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Biomedical Sciences)

Advances in Poultry Science: Nutritional Aspects of Poultry Production

edited by Catarina Stefanello and Marco Antonio Ebbing

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18924 | Submission Open

Keywords: eggshell quality; feed additive; feed manufacturing; ingredient; nutrient digestibility; nutritional requirement; sustainability

Advances in Animal Reproductive Physiology, Reproductive Endocrine and Obstetric Diseases—2nd Edition

edited by

Junwei Li

Dong Zhou

and

Shiqiang Ju

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7998 | Submission Open

Keywords: spermatogenesis; oogenesis; embryo development; follicular development; embryo implantation; estrus cycle; gestation; parturition; reproductive hormone; infertility; abortion; dystocia; endometritis; retained fetal membranes; mastitis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics)

Impact of Mineral Supplementation for Livestock Animal's Production

edited by

Danyel Bueno Dalto

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7222 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal; development; environment; growth performance; health; livestock; Mineral; production; reproduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases in Veterinary Medicine)

Advances in Reproduction and Fertility in Dairy Cows

edited by

Luis Ángel Quíntela

and

Uxía Yáñez Ramil

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6695 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive efficiency; fertility; dairy cattle; evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics)

Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases in Horses

edited by

M. Katie Sheats

and

Kallie Hobbs

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4840 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; inflammatory diseases; horses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Veterinary Neuropathology in the One Health Approach

edited by

Simona Sacchini

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3674 | Submission Open

Keywords: animals; comparative neuropathology; brain health; One Health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Anatomy, Histology and Pathology)

Advances in Veterinary Reproduction and Embryonic Development

edited by

Anmin Lei

and Xiaoxu Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1766 | Submission Open

Keywords: cattle; pigs; ovulation disorders; abnormal termination; clinical treatment; JIVET; gene-edited animals

Advancing Ruminant Health and Production: Alternatives to Antibiotics

edited by Sílvia Cristina de Aguiar and Solange Maria Cottica

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; food safety; natural products; livestock; production enhancers

Genetic Diversity, Conservation, and Innovative Breeding in Pigs—2nd Edition

edited by

Ligang Wang

and Hongbo Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: pig; disease resistance; pathogenesis and mechanisms of diseases; biomedical engineering; genetic diversity; pig breeding; morphological traits; breed specialization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Biomedical Sciences)

Ruminant Mastitis: Therapies and Control

edited by Heng Wang

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 794 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy cow; cattle; sheep; goat; mastitis; E. coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus; virus; prevention and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Animals: Immunology, Vaccinology and Molecular Epidemiology

edited by Shuanghui Yin

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic engineering vaccines; molecular immunology; pathogenic mechanism; diagnostic methods

Farm Animal Health and Welfare Disorders: Recent Trends and Strategies of Prevention and Treatment

edited by

Vasileios Papatsiros

and

Georgios Papakonstantinou

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: swine; poultry; cattle; small ruminants; infectious diseases; non-infectious disease; zoonotic diseases; welfare; herd health management; prevention; treatment; vaccines; alternative to antibiotics

Animal Clinical Pathology: Focus on Hematology and Biochemical Diagnostics

edited by

Ana Cristina Silvestre Ferreira

submission deadline 5 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1355 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal clinical pathology; hematology; biochemical diagnostics; veterinary medicine; disease diagnosis and treatment; biomarkers; coagulation; laboratory techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Biomedical Sciences)

Environmental Impact on the Reproductive Parameters of Domestic Animals

edited by

Debora Groppetti

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13710 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment; reproduction; ferility; cryptorchidism; pollution; endocrine disruptor chemicals; phthalates; bisphenol; plastic; season; temperature; umidity; sheep; goat; cattle; dog; cat; horse; pig

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics)

Blood Pressure Monitoring for Small Animals

edited by

Anthony P. Carr

submission deadline 17 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: blood pressure; hypertension; hypotension; small animals; electrocardiography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Internal Medicine)

Sperm Biotechnology in Animals Reproduction

edited by

Inmaculada Parrilla Riera

Athina Basioura

and

Junwei Li

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 24148 | Submission Open

Keywords: spermatozoa; fertility; sperm fertilizing capacity; sperm sorting; assisted reproduction technologies; sperm biotechnological applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics)

Control Strategies of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens

edited by

Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti

and Maykelin Fuentes Zaldivar

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13618 | Submission Open

Keywords: tick; tick-borne pathogens; acaricide resistance; vaccine; pre-clinical trial; anaplasmosis; babesiosis; borreliosis; ehrlichiosis; rickettsioses; sheep; goat; cattle; dog; horse; poultry; tick repellents

Pathogenesis Mechanism of Swine Viral Diseases

edited by

Kwonil Jung

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2362 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenesis; disease mechanism; swine; virus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Histopathology and Therapy in Small Animals Oncology

edited by

Riccardo Finotello

and

Guido Rocchigiani

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14747 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; small animals; veterinary oncology; diagnostic pathology; immunohistochemistry; molecular biology; chemotherapy; electrochemotherapy; biomarkers; canine; feline

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Internal Medicine)

Small Animal Gastrointestinal Diseases: Challenges and Advances

edited by

Veronica Marchetti

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10751 | Submission Open

Keywords: pancreatitis; enteropathy; hepatitis; cholecystitis; microbiota; metabolomic; biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Internal Medicine)

Detection of Parasitic Diseases in Livestock

edited by Luiz Daniel De Barros, Gustavo Felippelli and Fernando de Souza Rodrigues

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8922 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular detection; serological detection; epidemiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Medical Interventions in Laboratory Animals

edited by

Jaco Bakker

and Melissa De la Garza

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 593 | Submission Open

Keywords: refinment; laboratory animals; medical interventions; surgery; medicine; behavioral tests; wellbeing; severity assessment

Pre-, Pro-, Synbiotic and Metabolic Control of Inflammation and Infectious Diseases in Non-Ruminant Animals

edited by

Motoi Kikusato

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-ruminant animals; prebiotics; probiotics; synbiotics; metabolic substrates; inflammation management; infectious diseases; antibiotic alternatives; antimicrobial resistance; lesion recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases in Veterinary Medicine)

Molecular Epidemiology of Viral Diseases in Poultry

edited by

Matteo Legnardi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: poultry; viral diseases; molecular epidemiology; PCR; next-generation sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Antimicrobial Use in Companion Animals—2nd Edition

edited by

George Valiakos

and

Ihab Habib

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial use; antimicrobial resistance; companion animals; pets; one health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Advanced Therapy in Companion Animals

edited by

Ziyao Zhou

and Zhijun Zhong

submission deadline 1 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6907 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative medicine; gene therapy; immunotherapy; precision medicine; companion animals; veterinary innovation; chronic conditions; personalized treatment; minimally invasive surgery; interdisciplinary collaboration

One Health Challenges and Opportunities—Animals, Humans and Their Interconnected Ecosystems

edited by

Fernando Ferreira

submission deadline 3 Mar 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 35396 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging and classic zoonotic diseases; host– pathogen interactions; antibiotic resistance; food safety and security; foodborne and waterborne outbreaks; environmental contamination; policies; analytic methods and economic evaluations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Food Safety and Zoonosis)

Current Knowledge and Recent Advances in Large Animal Internal Medicine

edited by

Domenico Caivano

submission deadline 3 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 784 | Submission Open

Keywords: equine medicine; small ruminant medicine; medicine in cattle; clinical sciences; diagnostic imaging; medical treatments; disease prevention and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Internal Medicine)

Viral Crossroads: The Interface Between Wildlife and Domestic Animal Health

edited by

Vesna Milicevic

and Teufik Goletić

submission deadline 3 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal viral diseases; transmission dynamics; viral spillover; cross-species transmission; disease surveillance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Molecular Characterization of Various Viruses and Bacteria in Small Animals

edited by Mohamed Abouelkhair and

Raghavendra Amachawadi

submission deadline 7 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1126 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular characterization; small animal pathogens; advanced sequencing technologies; bioinformatics; antimicrobial resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

New Insight into Canine and Feline Tumor

edited by

Julia Maria Matera

and

Carlos Eduardo Fonseca-Alves

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5925 | Submission Open

Keywords: comparative oncology; cancer therapeutics; prognostic markers; cancer immunology; advances in veterinary oncology; surgical oncology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Biomedical Sciences)

The 10th Anniversary of Veterinary Sciences—Recent Advances in the Epidemiology of Cattle Health and Welfare

edited by Sharif S. Aly and

Wagdy R. Elashmawy

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3991 | Submission Open

Keywords: cattle; health management; infectious diseases; epidemiology; welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

An Insight into Reptiles and Amphibians Pathology and Disease

edited by

Andreia Garcês

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1927 | Submission Open

Keywords: reptiles; amphibians; physiology; immunology; disease; conservation

Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Vaccine Development of Swine Viral Diseases

edited by

Wentao Li

and Yifei Lang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: swine viral diseases; vaccine development; diagnosis; epidemiology; pathogenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Genetic Improvement and Reproductive Biotechnologies

edited by

María-Luz García

and

María-José Argente

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8153 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryopreservation; embryo; lab animals; omics; quantitative genetics; reproduction; small ruminants; small monogastrics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Biomedical Sciences)

Diagnosis and Evolution Analysis of Virus Infection in Poultry and Wild Birds

edited by

Jun Ji

and

Qingmei Xie

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8871 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian virus; detection; epidemiology; evolution; transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology)

Endocrine Disorders in Adrenocortical Function in Companion Animals

edited by David Church

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: adrenocortical; Cushing’ s syndrome; Addison’ s disease; pheochromocytoma; hyperaldosteronism; pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction; PPID; endocrinopathies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Internal Medicine)

Cardiac Troponin in Canine Cardiology: Diagnostic Applications, Clinical Significance, and Therapeutic Implications

edited by

Annamaria Passantino

and

Michela Pugliese

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; cardiac troponins; companion animals; myocardial damage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Anatomy, Histology and Pathology)

Beyond Care: Exploring the Human–Animal Relationship in Veterinary Medicine

edited by Giacomo Riggio and Silvana Diverio

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress; pets; animal behaviour; animal welfare; quality of life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Education, Veterinary Communication and Animal Behavior)

Diagnostic Research in Pathology of Neoplasia in Dogs and Cats

edited by

Heike Aupperle-Lellbach

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathology; feline; canine; neoplasm; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Anatomy, Histology and Pathology)

Wildlife Health and Disease in Conservation

edited by

Viviana Gonzalez Astudillo

submission deadline 10 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2221 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife conservation; wildlife; disease; climate change; habitat encroachment; endangered species; natural disasters; host– pathogen relationships

Advances in the Management of Osteoarthritis in Veterinary Medicine

edited by