About this Research Topic
Elasmobranchs are a unique group of fishes which are highly emphasized at aquariums, they are a guest favourite and of high interest to the general public. Veterinarians working with sharks, rays and occasionally chimaeras find themselves challenged because of the wide diversity within the group and the lack of widely published information available in veterinary medicine. This special edition aims to do several things:
1) significantly contribute data to a generally low publication taxon
2) offer unique case series of disease to help clinicians with diagnosis of disease
3) increase the quality of diagnostics available to veterinarians to improve their case management
4) provide a central location for quality research on elasmobranch veterinary medicine.
Elasmobranch veterinary care is a poorly published topic, yet there are many clinicians doing quality work in shark and ray medicine. This special topic provides an impetus for those clinicians to contribute their research with other colleagues in a single resource that veterinarians can easily access.
Reaching out to those veterinarians and offering them an opportunity to publish in a quality open access journal will be very appealing. An initial survey with an aquatic veterinary listserv indicated that at least 10 institutions were interested in collaborating, which suggests that the content is there and possibly others have similar research that can be tapped into for this special edition.
Frontiers in Veterinary Science is offering a special edition for Advanced Veterinary Topics in Elasmobranchs. This opportunity will collect multiple topics in shark and ray medicine which will include important baseline data in clinical pathology, evaluation of diagnostics that can be accurately used in patient care, descriptions of diseases that have not been previously published, and sharing techniques with colleagues to elevate the capacity of veterinarians to make diagnoses.
- Manuscripts of interest include:
- Retrospective surveys of disease
- Baseline data on species previously unpublished (bloodwork, imaging, other)
- Techniques that can advance diagnosis of disease.
- Test and assay validation in elasmobranchs
- Treatments and strategies for conditions encountered in sharks and rays
Reviews of topics that can be helpful for a veterinarian, extant topics are largely research or field based.
1) significantly contribute data to a generally low publication taxon
2) offer unique case series of disease to help clinicians with diagnosis of disease
3) increase the quality of diagnostics available to veterinarians to improve their case management
4) provide a central location for quality research on elasmobranch veterinary medicine.
Elasmobranch veterinary care is a poorly published topic, yet there are many clinicians doing quality work in shark and ray medicine. This special topic provides an impetus for those clinicians to contribute their research with other colleagues in a single resource that veterinarians can easily access.
Reaching out to those veterinarians and offering them an opportunity to publish in a quality open access journal will be very appealing. An initial survey with an aquatic veterinary listserv indicated that at least 10 institutions were interested in collaborating, which suggests that the content is there and possibly others have similar research that can be tapped into for this special edition.
Frontiers in Veterinary Science is offering a special edition for Advanced Veterinary Topics in Elasmobranchs. This opportunity will collect multiple topics in shark and ray medicine which will include important baseline data in clinical pathology, evaluation of diagnostics that can be accurately used in patient care, descriptions of diseases that have not been previously published, and sharing techniques with colleagues to elevate the capacity of veterinarians to make diagnoses.
- Manuscripts of interest include:
- Retrospective surveys of disease
- Baseline data on species previously unpublished (bloodwork, imaging, other)
- Techniques that can advance diagnosis of disease.
- Test and assay validation in elasmobranchs
- Treatments and strategies for conditions encountered in sharks and rays
Reviews of topics that can be helpful for a veterinarian, extant topics are largely research or field based.
Keywords: Elasmobranch, Shark, Stingray, Ray, Medicine, Veterinary
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
