Emerging and Re-emerging Animal Diseases and Veterinary Public Health
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 4956
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infectious diseases of livestock; zoonoses; vector-borne pathogens; diagnosis; surveillance; epidemiology; control
2. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana M. Aleandri, Rome, Italy
Interests: global early warning systems; disease intelligence; wildlife; infectious diseases; epidemiology; zoonoses
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today the regions of the world are more interconnected and interdependent than ever before. The intensification of agricultural practices, the deforestation, the intensification of the contacts at the interface between wildlife, domestic animals and humans, the climate change, the globalisation of trade and food and the increased volume and speed of international exchange, are among the main drivers leading to the emergence and the wide spread of infectious pathogens across the world.
The increasing pressures on land and natural resources have made today’s health challenges multidimensional, with increasing threats from the risks of disease epidemics and pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, environmental contamination, biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and climate change, among others.
According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), more than 60% of pathogens that could cause human infections are also pathogenic for wild or domestic animals, and 75% of emerging human pathogens are of animal origin. Infectious diseases of animals, which can be contagious to humans or compromise the food safety, represent a public health issue.
The uncontrolled circulation of animal pathogens threatens human health as well as livestock productions, which are the main asset of numerous livelihoods especially in developing countries. Diseases, which were once considered to be limited to tropical regions until few years ago, are now more frequent in a broader geographic range, as for example: lumpy skin disease, peste des petits ruminants, African swine fever and many arboviruses. The possible introduction, emergence and re-emergence of new and old pathogens is a matter of great concern across the globe, in particular for their potential impact on economy, food security, and human health.
Research providing new knowledge on different aspects of diseases and pathogens allows a better understanding of the current situation, thus providing tools to implement efficient surveillance and control measures. Original manuscripts that address emerging or re-emerging animal diseases are invited for this Special Issue. Topics of special interest are transboundary diseases of animals, vector-borne diseases, zoonoses, and viral, bacterial, and parasitic diseases affecting animal health and production.
Dr. Gian Mario Cosseddu
Dr. Andrea Capobianco Dondona
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transboundary animal diseases
- emerging and re-emerging diseases of livestock and wildlife
- zoonotic diseases
- parasitic diseases
- vector-borne diseases
- zoonoses
- low/middle income countries
