Wild Birds as Sentinels of the Health Status of the Environment
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 2348
Special Issue Editors
Interests: zoonosis; wildlife; wild birds; biodiversity conservation; public health; antimicrobial resistances
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the last few years, many studies have confirmed that monitored wildlife can be considered a good indicator of ecosystem health. Furthermore, wild birds are key due to the distances they can travel daily, especially migratory species. They can give us information about the presence of contaminants in the food chain, pathogenic trends (emergent, zoonotic…), and antimicrobial resistance levels in the ecosystem.
In this context, the open access journal Veterinary Sciences has launched a new Special Issue “Wild birds as sentinels of the health status of the environment”, with Dr. Bárbara Martín-Maldonado and Dr. Carlos Sacristán Yagüe leading as the Guest Editors. The aim of this Special Issue is to assess the role of wild bird populations as sentinels of ecosystem health by employing a One Health approach.
Previous studies about the wildlife–livestock interface and the role of wildlife in the epidemiology of zoonotic pathogens have been published before, but mostly from a public health or animal health perspective. This Special Issue aims to integrate the detection (or absence) of pathogens and other agents such as antimicrobial resistance or microplastics in wild birds that can interfere in ecosystem health.
Dr. Bárbara Martín-Maldonado
Dr. Carlos Sacristán Yagüe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surveillance
- emergent pathogens
- epidemiology
- wild birds
