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Chronic kidney disease in dogs and cats

Advances in companion animal neurology

Guest Editors
Koen M. Santifort, MSc (Hons), DVM, IVC Evidensia Small Animal Hospital Arnhem and Hart van Brabant, The Netherlands
Anna Tauro, DVM, ACCESS Specialty Veterinary Hospitals, USA

Submission Status: Open until 11 May 2026

Pain recognition and management

Guest Editors
Heather Knych, MS, DVM, PhD, DACVCP, University of California, Davis, USA
Carly Moody, MSc, PhD, University of California, Davis, USA

Submission Status: Open until 3 April 2026

DISCONTOOLS & STAR IDAZ research gaps for infectious disease control in animals

Guest Editor
Jennifer Harman, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Submission Status: Open until 06 June 2026

Artificial intelligence: applications in veterinary medicine

Guest Editors
Giovanni Pietro Burrai, DVM, PhD, Dipl ECVP, University of Sassari, Italy 
Simon Castillo, MSc, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

Submission Status: Open until 9 February 2026

Assisted reproduction in animals

Guest Editors
Halit Kanca, PhD, Ankara University, Türkiye
Tomasz Stankiewicz, PhD, DSc, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland

Submission Status: Open until 29 December 2025

Laparoscopic surgery in veterinary medicine

Guest Editors:
Bartlomiej Liszka, DVM, PhD, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Juan G. Maldonado-Estrada, MVZ, PhD, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

Submission Status: Open until 8 December 2025

Epidemiology and management of ectoparasites in wildlife

Guest Editors:
Ashutosh Fular, PhD, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India
Vikrant Sudan, PhD, MVSc, BVSc, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), India

Submission Status: Open until 1 December 2025

Impact of extreme body conformations on the health and welfare of dogs and cats

Guest Editors:
Nai-Chieh Liu, DVM, MPhil, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Rowena Packer, BSc (Hons), PhD, Royal Veterinary College, UK

Submission Status: Open until 25 November 2025

Nanotechnology applications in veterinary medicine

Guest Editors
Rajib Deb, MVSc, PhD, ICAR-National Research Center on Pig, India
Yadong Zheng, PhD, Zhejiang A&F University, China

Emerging challenges in aquatic ecosystem health and disease management

Guest Editors
Channarong Rodkhum, DVM, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Ahmed H Sherif, PhD, Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt  

Innovations in veterinary diagnostic digital imaging

Guest Editors:
Ashraf M. Abu-Seida, PhD, Cairo University, Egypt
Małgorzata Domino, DVM, MSc, PhD, DSc, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

Stem cells in veterinary regenerative medicine and tissue engineering

Guest Editors:
Jorge U. Carmona, MVZ, MS, PhD, Universidad de Caldas, Colombia
Jaroslava Halper, MD, PhD, The University of Georgia, USA

Animal obesity and nutrition

Guest Editors:
Maria Grazia Cappai, PhD, University of Sassari, Italy
Darko Stefanovski, PhD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Advances in breeding and genetics to support sustainable livestock systems

Guest Editors:
Sena Ardicli, DVM, PhD, Bursa Uludag University, Türkiye
Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza, MS, DVM, PhD, South China Agricultural, China

Climate change and animal health and welfare: informing an action agenda

Guest Editors:
Colleen Duncan, PhD, DACVPM, Colorado State University, US
Chris Oura, PhD, The University of the West Indies-St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Craig Stephen, DVM, PhD, FCAHS, McEachran Institute, Canada

Comparative medicine

Guest Editors:
Maria Grazia Cappai, PhD, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Enrico Gugliandolo, PhD, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Veterinary telehealth and telemedicine

Guest Editors:
Hanan Hassan Abd-Elhafeez, PhD, Assiut University, Egypt
Courtney Bir, PhD, Oklahoma State University, USA

 

Advances in african swine fever research

Guest Editor:
Scott Kenney, PhD, Ohio State University, U.S.

Veterinary public health and food security

Guest Editors:
Mahdi Askari Badouei, PhD, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Mian Muhammad Awais, PhD, M. Phil, DVM, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan

Precision veterinary medicine

Guest Editors:
Jose J. Ceron, DVM, PhD, ECVCP Dip., Interlab-UMU, University of Murcia, Spain
Carlos E. Fonseca-Alves, DVM, MSc, PhD, Paulista University – UNIP, Brazil
 

Responsible research in animal science

Guest Editor:
Annette M. O’Connor, BVSc, MVSc, DVSc, FANZCVS, Michigan State University, US

 

Mastitis and milk quality in dairy ruminants

Guest Editors:
Abdelfattah Selim: Benha University, Egypt
Fernando Nogueira de Souza: University of São Paulo, Brazil

Advances in canine health research

Guest Editors:
Selwyn Arlington Headley: Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil
Jelena Prpić: Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Advancements in veterinary medicine and aquaculture

Guest Editors:
Hanan Hassan Abd-Elhafeez: Assiut University, Egypt
Mohamed Shaalan: Cairo University, Egypt

Animal welfare and ethics

Guest Editors:
Izhar Hyder Qazi: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Pakistan
Gemma Walmsley: University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Zoonotic diseases

Guest Editors:
Ibrahim Elsohaby: City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Luca Villa: University of Milan, Italy

Innovations in veterinary oncology: surgery, therapy and technology

Guest Editors
Antonio Giuliano, DVM, MS, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Elisabetta Treggiari, DVM, MSc, Oncopets Veterinary Clinic, Italy