Veterinary Microbiology in Farm Animals

Dear Colleagues,

Unlike medical microbiology, which focuses on just one species, veterinary microbiology covers the full range of vertebrates other than humans and some invertebrates, too.

Veterinary microbiology in farm animals is concerned with the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of infection in the individual and with the epidemiology, prevention, and control of infections in the community. It includes microbial (bacterial, fungal, viral) diseases of animals that supply food or other products. It also deals with microbial diseases of wild animals (both feral and living in captivity) for their interrelation with farmed animals. 

We invite original research papers that address the microorganisms and the diseases which they cause, the international and public health significance of pathogens, especially in the context of one health, and the important role played by animals as reservoirs of zoonotic diseases, including aspects of control, host response, molecular biology, pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of microbial diseases of animals and antimicrobial resistance.

Prof. Dr. Beniamino T. Cenci-Goga
Dr. Luca Grispoldi
Guest Editors

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