Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue on the impact of environmental factors in disease outcome in farm animals for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph

Pathogens and infectious diseases are one of the main concerns in animal farming. Disease outcome depends on pathogen’s virulence but also external factors will determine the result of the infection. Associated disease factors such as the environment, production system or even socio-cultural features will also impact the outcome of treatment strategies put in place. Accordingly, these factors are decisive in eradication and control programmes success. In addition, current problems such as multi-drug resistant bacteria emergence, antibiotic usage banning, the rising of new pathogen clones as well as the re-emergence of already eradicated diseases, encourages the study of concomitant factors which affect disease outcome.

With this Special Issue, we invite you to submit high-quality original research articles or reviews that provide solid new findings extending the current state of the art. Both observational and experimental studies will be considered. Systematic reviews and metanalysis are also preferred over opinion reviews. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field, and would be due no later than 15, January 2019.

Prof. Dr. Ana María Carvajal Ureña
Dr. Héctor Argüello Rodríguez
Prof. Dr. Javier Martínez Lobo
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. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly 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 2500 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.

• Animal infectious diseases
• Environmental risk factors
• Disease impact
• Disease control