Emerging Bacterial Pathogens in Veterinary Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

According to a definition by the US American ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’, ‘emerging infectious diseases are diseases of infectious origin whose incidence has increased within the past two decades or threatens to increase in the near future’.

Among these infections, bacterial diseases, especially zoonoses, have a major impact on global public health, both in companion and food animals. The closer contact with companion animals and rapid socioeconomic changes in food production system has increased the number of animal-borne bacterial diseases.

Moreover, the incorrect use or overuse of antimicrobials in the treatment of bacterial infections has led to an increased antimicrobial resistance among bacterial pathogens affecting farm and companion animals; therefore, animals have become potential spreaders of resistant bacteria in their environment and, eventually, directly or indirectly (mainly through foods) to humans.

Last but not least, environmental changes, such as alterations in water ecosystems, floods, global warming, and deforestation, result in the emergence or spread of bacterial pathogens. Particularly, these changes can also alter the frequency of vector-borne disease occurrence by altering the habitats of the corresponding disease vectors.

This global context requires a multidisciplinary approach and, peculiarly, a One Health approach to combine efforts of physicians, vets, epidemiologists, and public health workers. This collaboration also needs adequate surveillance systems and strong laboratory capacity for continuous control and correct diagnosis, respectively.

In this Special Issue, we call on researchers to contribute their recent findings in the diagnosis and control of emerging bacterial infectious diseases with an impact on public health; submissions with a focus on new diagnostic techniques and antimicrobial resistance are particularly encouraged.

Dr. Mario D'Incau
Guest Editor

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• bacterial disease
• diagnosis
• One Health
• antimicrobial resistance
• veterinary medicine