Veterinary Microbiology
A section of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607).
Section Information
Diseases affecting livestock can result in major economic losses but are also sources of zoonotic infections in animal handlers and the general public from the consumption of animal food products. On the global scale, the pig, cattle, sheep, poultry, and aquaculture industries experience great losses as a result of microbial infections, and these infections, some of which are zoonotic, also have deleterious effects on wild animal species.
Companion animals exchange components of their microbial flora and their antimicrobial resistance genes with their owners. We live in a One Health age where, in a shrinking world, more and more contact is occurring between wild animals, livestock, and humans, resulting in the transfer of many pathogens, some of which can have global consequences. This relationship also means that many diseases affecting humans and animals must be tackled on a “One Health” basis.
The "Veterinary Microbiology Section" of Microorganisms accepts manuscripts, namely original research and review articles, covering basic and applied areas of veterinary microbiology, microbial infections, and antimicrobial resistance. Articles that are outside the scope of the listed topics may be referred to another section of Microorganisms upon submission.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Infection and Transmission of Clinical Pathogens in Livestock (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Genome Analysis of Fish Pathogens (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Immunotoxic Factors Promoting Infectious Diseases in Cultured Marine Animals (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Microorganisms and Diseases Associated with Aquatic Animals (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Mammalian Infectious Diseases (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- The Pathogenic Epidemiology of Important Swine Diseases (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Detection, Diagnosis, and Host Interactions of Animal Mycoplasmas (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Animals (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Epidemiology and Pathogenicity of Animal-Adapted Streptococci 2.0 (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Microbe-Host Interaction in Health or Disease in Aquaculture Species (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- State of the Art of Wildlife Infection in Europe (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Beneficial Microorganisms in Aquaculture (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Epidemiology and Control Strategies for Brucellosis (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Identification, Detection, Pathological Characterization of Aquatic Animal Pathogens (Deadline: 25 November 2023)
- Poultry Pathogens and Poultry Diseases (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Mycotoxin Exposure in Poultry (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Gut Microbiome of Farm Animals in Health and Disease 2.0 (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Diagnostics and Pathological Characterization of Aquatic Animal Pathogens (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Pathogens and Aquaculture (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Molecular Biology of Coronaviruses in Animals (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteria in Pets, Livestock and Wild Animals (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Dietary Components and Gut Microbes in Fish (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Avian Pathogens 2.0 (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Viral Infections in Bees (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Bacterial Infections in Aquaculture of Farmed Fish: Pathogenesis, Pathophysiology, Molecular Diagnosis, and Control (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- State-of-the-Art Veterinary Microbiology in China (2023, 2024) (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- State-of-the-Art Veterinary Microbiology in USA (2023, 2024) (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Animals (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Holobionts in Aquaculture (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Pathogen Infection in Wildlife 2.0 (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Domestic Animals and Wildlife Zoonotic Microorganisms (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Wildlife (Deadline: 1 June 2024)