Afflictions of the respiratory tract are a major concern in veterinary medicine, especially in animal production settings, with high animal concentration and increased opportunity for disease spread. Respiratory diseases account for significant losses to livestock and work animals producers and have detrimental consequences to animal welfare. Additionally, prevention and management of respiratory disease is a major reason of antibiotic use in animal production, raising concerns to antimicrobial resistance in animal and human health.
Animals also share many respiratory pathogens with humans and are relevant models to others. This Research Topic will focus on respiratory infections in veterinary medicine, including the use of animal models and zoonotic pathogens. We aim to compile research that advances the current understanding of the mechanisms underlying respiratory diseases, supporting preventative strategies. This includes a wide range of interest, from disease etiology and biological mechanisms research to dual and multi-infection investigation, vaccine development, immunity, and the modulation of disease by genetic and epigenetic factors. Additionally, the roles of the microbiome, and other integrative lines of research that brings new knowledge towards improved respiratory health in livestock animals.
This Research Topic provides an opportunity for authors to explore all aspects of respiratory disease in animals, including molecular interactions between pathogens and hosts, immunity, and disease prevention.
The aim of this Research Topic is to highlight and promote discussion regarding respiratory diseases in veterinary science. We welcome submissions of Original Research papers, Reviews, Brief Research Reports, and Perspectives on the themes below, but not limited to:
- Host-pathogen or Host-symbiont Interactions;
- Pathobiology;
- Host immune response;
- Microbiome research;
- Vaccines and therapeutics;
- Management measures (prevention, control, and treatment);
- Economic impact of emerging/re-emerging and evolving respiratory infections.
Afflictions of the respiratory tract are a major concern in veterinary medicine, especially in animal production settings, with high animal concentration and increased opportunity for disease spread. Respiratory diseases account for significant losses to livestock and work animals producers and have detrimental consequences to animal welfare. Additionally, prevention and management of respiratory disease is a major reason of antibiotic use in animal production, raising concerns to antimicrobial resistance in animal and human health.
Animals also share many respiratory pathogens with humans and are relevant models to others. This Research Topic will focus on respiratory infections in veterinary medicine, including the use of animal models and zoonotic pathogens. We aim to compile research that advances the current understanding of the mechanisms underlying respiratory diseases, supporting preventative strategies. This includes a wide range of interest, from disease etiology and biological mechanisms research to dual and multi-infection investigation, vaccine development, immunity, and the modulation of disease by genetic and epigenetic factors. Additionally, the roles of the microbiome, and other integrative lines of research that brings new knowledge towards improved respiratory health in livestock animals.
This Research Topic provides an opportunity for authors to explore all aspects of respiratory disease in animals, including molecular interactions between pathogens and hosts, immunity, and disease prevention.
The aim of this Research Topic is to highlight and promote discussion regarding respiratory diseases in veterinary science. We welcome submissions of Original Research papers, Reviews, Brief Research Reports, and Perspectives on the themes below, but not limited to:
- Host-pathogen or Host-symbiont Interactions;
- Pathobiology;
- Host immune response;
- Microbiome research;
- Vaccines and therapeutics;
- Management measures (prevention, control, and treatment);
- Economic impact of emerging/re-emerging and evolving respiratory infections.