Advances in Animal Parasitic Diseases
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitic Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 63
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wildlife parasitology; lungworms; parasitic diseases in pet animals; parasitic diseases in exotic animals
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: vector-borne diseases in pet animals; lungworms; parasitic diseases in exotic animals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last decade, more and more animal diseases are commonly associated with parasitic infections in both wild and domestic cycles. It is well-known that wildlife urbanization as well as increased traveling with pet animals or animal exportations have significantly impacted the prevalence and distribution of parasitic diseases around the world. Climate change is also known to influence the geographical distribution of parasitic diseases. Prevention and treatment are used for minimizing or curing parasitic diseases in domestic companion animals as well as in farm animals. However, captive wild animals should be treated like domestic species, especially in endemic areas. Parasitic diseases in zoo animals can be fatal and are associated with significant economic losses. In the last decade, exotic pet animals have risen in popularity but there is little information about their parasites, and treatment is based mainly on the use of off-label products with unknown side effects.
The journal Pathogens is announcing a new Special Issue entitled “Animal Parasitic Diseases”, which aims to provide scientists and veterinarians with new information by gathering good-quality papers on the aforementioned topics.
This Special Issue aims to gather research articles, interesting or atypical case reports, and review papers. Topics to be considered in this SI include parasitic diseases in pet animals (new host records, new geographical distribution, prevalence and seasonality), emergent and endemic diseases in all animal species, new information about parasites of exotic animals (new treatment protocols, diagnostic methods, prevalence), parasites and parasitic diseases in free and captive wild animals (distribution, prevalence, pathogenicity and prevention).
Dr. Georgiana Deak
Dr. Lavinia Ciucǎ
Dr. Harold Salant
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pet animals
- parasites
- exotic pets
- zoo animals
- parasitic diseases
