Editorial Board

Senior Editorial Board Members
Wolfgang Baeumer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Jose Ceron,University of Murcia, Spain
Peter Leegwater, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Louis Penning, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Lysa Posner, NC State Veterinary Hospital, USA
Rick Sanchez, Specialistische Dierenkliniek Utrecht, Netherlands
Indranil Samanta, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences,India
Michael Tildesley, University of Warwick, USA
Holger Volk, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany

Editorial Board Members
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Claudia Interlandi, University of Messina Departement of Veterinary Sciences, Italy
Ricardo Ramirez Uscategui, Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys (UFVJM), Brazil
Cecilia Vullo, University of Messina, Italy
Latif Emrah Yanmaz, Atatürk University, Turkey
We are currently recruiting Editors for this section. If you would like to be considered, please see the journal homepage for more information.  All manuscript submissions are currently handled by our in-house editorial team.

Animal ethics, policy and research integrity
Oscar Madzingira, University of Namibia, Namibia
Amy Miller, Newcastle University, UK
Annette O'Connor,Michigan State University, USA 

Animal behaviour and psychology
Sunil Kadri, Aquaculture Innovation, UK
Zsofia Viranyi, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria
Carri Westgarth, University of Liverpool, UK

Animal genetics and breeding
Albano Beja-Pereira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Bart Broeckx, Ghent University, Belgium
Eduardo Casas, National Animal Disease Center, USA
Cord Drögemüller, University of Bern, Switzerland
Juan Garrido, University of Córdoba, Spain
Sameer Pant, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Katarzyna Ropka-Molik, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Poland
Maria Siwek, UTP, University of Science and Technology, Poland
Frank van Steenbeek, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Bacteriology
Benedetta Amato, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Mahdi Askari Badouei, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Javier Bezos, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Luca Borrelli, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Filip Boyen, Ghent University, Belgium
Brandy Burgess, University of Georgia, USA
Ioana Buzura-Matei, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Romania
Burhan Çetinkaya, Faculty ıf Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
Elaine Dorneles, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil
Arkadiusz Dors, National Veterinary Research Institute, Poland
George Filioussis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Jacques Godfroid, University of Tromso, Norway
Sharon Kendall, Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom
Qiuchun Li, Yangzhou University, China
Janet MacInnes, University of Guelph, Canada
Simon Menanteau-Ledouble, Aalborg University, Denmark
Marcella Mori, Sciensano, Belgium
Jarlath Nally, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, USA
Robin A.J. Nicholas, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK
Bernat Pérez de Val, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain
Patrícia Poeta, University ofTrás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Rubén S. Rosales, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Valentina Stefanetti, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy
Marianne Sunde, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway
Fang Tang, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, People's Republic
Shaohui Wang, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Henk Wisselink, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Netherlands

Cardiology
Carlos Agudelo Ramírez, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic
Francesca Bonelli, University of Pisa, Italy
Rikke Buhl, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Joshua Stern, University of California Davis, US

Cell biology and stem cell research
Dominique J Griffon, Western University of Health Sciences, USA
Jaroslava Halper, University of Georgia, USA
Xiangyang Miao, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Marco Patruno, University of Padova, Italy

Clinical pathology, physiology and immunology
Y Ajith, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
Anna Bassols, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Pompei Bolfa, Ross University, St Kitts
Fabrizio Ceciliani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Christopher Chase, South Dakota State University, USA
Anna Cywinska, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland
Sabry El-Bahr, Alexandria University, Egypt
Juan J Garrido, University of Córdoba, Spain
Malgorzata Gierynska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SSGW, Poland
Rodrigo Guabiraba, Centre INRA Val de Loire, France
Orçun Haçarız, McGill University, Canada
Hussein Awad Hussein, Assiut University, Egypt , Egypt
Faez Firdaus Jesse, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Akin Kirbas, Yozgat Bozok University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine-Yozgat/TURKEY, Turkey
Ad Koets, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Silvia Martinez-Subiela, University of Murcia, Spain
Ana Muñoz, University of Córdoba, Spain
Shahid Nazir, University of New England, Australia
Ioannis Oikonomidis, IDEXX Laboratories, United Kingdom
Josep Pastor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Valentín Perez, University of León, Spain
William Pérez, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
David Piedrafita, Federation University Australia, Australia
Felix N Toka, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts and Nevis
Romana Turk, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Eva María Sierra Pulpillo, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Fernando Souza, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
Gunnaporn Suriyaphol, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Zeki Yilmaz, University of Uludag, Turkey

Dermatology

Epidemiology and modelling
Agata Bancerz-Kisiel, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
Sofia Boqvist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Simeon Cadmus, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Ludovico Dipineto, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Ibrahim Elsohaby, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Hidayet Metin Erdogan, Aksaray University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkey
Sonja Hartnack, Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Derald Holtkamp, Iowa State University, USA
Emily Lankau, Ronin Institute, USA
Jarosław Kaba, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Philip Kass, University of California, USA
Ricardo Soares Magalhaes, University of Queensland, Australia
Beatriz Martinez-Lopez, University of California-Davis, California,USA
Maria Paola Maurelli, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Fabrizio de Massis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e delMolise, Italy
Ana Mateus, Royal Veterinary College, UK
Andrei Daniel Mihalca, University of Agricultural Sciences and VeterinaryMedicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Crawford Revie, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Karl Rich, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway
Darko Stefanosvki, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine,USA
Mark Stevenson, Massey University, New Zealand
Eystein Skjerve, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Balamurugan Vinayagamurthy, ICAR-NIVEDI, India
Chong Wang, Iowa State University, USA
Cerian Webb, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, UK
Anke Wiethoelter, University of Melbourne, Australia
Agricola Odoi, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States
Danchen (Aaron) Yang, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, People's Republic

Gastroenterology and nutrition
Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, People's Republic
Maria Grazia Cappai, University of Sassari, Italy
Alexandre Viera Chaves, The Ohio State University, USA
Elsa Lamy, University of Évora, Portugal
Shengfa F Liao, Mississippi State University, USA
Jayant Lohakare, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Juan Loor, University of Illinois, USA
Nadia Musco, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
Keitaro Ohmori, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Yosra Soltan, Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt
Vincenzo Tufarelli, University of Bari, Italy
Indu Upadhyaya, University of Arkansas, USA
Anjas Asmara Samsudin, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Huansheng Yang, Hunan Normal University, China

Head and neck disorders
Lisa Mestrinho, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

We are currently recruiting Editors for this section. If you would like to be considered, please see the journal homepage for more information.  All manuscript submissions are currently handled by our in-house editorial team.

Musculoskeletal disorders and orthopaedics
Zbigniew Adamiak, Vet Clinic Bialystok, Poland
Andrea Bertuglia, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Jorge U. Carmona, Universidad de Caldas, Colombia
Felipe de Vicente, University of Liverpool, UK
Ciprian Ober, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Karen Perry, Michigan State University, USA
Francesco Macrì, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina., Italy
William Marshall, University of Glasgow, UK
Dominique J Griffon, Western University, USA
Jose M Vilar, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Giuseppe Spinella, University of Bologna, Italy
Yauheni Zhalniarovich, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn,Poland

Mycology
Benedetta Amato, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Javier Bezos, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Luca Borrelli, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Ioana Buzura-Matei, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Romania
Jacques Guillot, Veterinary College of Alfort (ENVA), France
Jarlath Nally, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, USA
Bernat Pérez de Val, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain
Valentina Stefanetti, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy
Fang Tang, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, People's Republic
Shaohui Wang, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Henk Wisselink, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Netherlands​​​​​​​

Nephrology and urology
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Neurology and neuroscience
Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany
Rodrigo Gutierrez Quintana, University of Glasgow, UK
Neil Mabbott, University of Edinburgh, UK
Kaspar Matiasek, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / LMU Munich, Germany
Luisa De Risio, Animal Health Trust, UK 
George Strain, Louisiana State University, USA
Gemma Walmsley, University of Liverpool, UK

Oncology
Steven Suter, NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine, USA
Albert Liao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Anthony Mutsaers, University of Guelph, Canada
Robert B. Rebhun, University of California Davis, USA
William Kisseberth, Ohio State University, USA
Felisbina Queiroga, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro,Portugal
Silvia Sabattini, University of Bologna, Italy

Ophthalmology
Simona Di Pietro, Dept. of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Italy
David Wilkie, The Ohio State University, USA
Richard McMullen, Auburn University, USA
Arianne Oria, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Chiara Giudice, Universita degli Studi di Milano - DIMEVET, Italy

Parasitology
Joy Becker, University of Sydney, Australia
Alfred Chikweto, St. Georgege's University, Grenada
Antonio Minervino, Federal University of Western Pará, Brazil
Simone Morelli, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Italy
Mian Muhammad Awais, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
Adam Novobilsky, Veterinary Research Institute Brno, Czech Republic
David Piedrafita, Federation University Australia, Australia
Xiaofei Shang, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, CAAS, China, People's Republic
Vikrant Sudan, College of Veterinary Sciences, DUVASU, Mathura, India
Luca Villa, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Italy 
Andrew Williams, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Yadong Zheng, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, China
Amilcar Arenal, University of Camaguey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz, Cuba

Pharmacology and toxicology
Fouad Mohammad, University of Mosul, Iraq
Mathias Devreese, Ghent University, Belgium
Alessandro Di Cerbo, University of Camerino, Italy
Walther Honscha, Institut für Pharmakologie, Pharmazie u. Tox., Germany
Enrico Gugliandolo, University of Messina, Italy
Tanmoy Rana, West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, India
Benito Soto-Blanco, Veterinary School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pulmonology and respiratory disorders
Paolo Emidio Crisi, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Italy

Soft tissue surgery
Ashraf Abu-Seida, Cairo University, Egypt
Tommaso Banzato, University of Padua, Italy
Lysimachos G Papazoglou, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki, Greece

Theriogenology
Tugay Ayasan, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Kadirli Academy of Applied Sciences, Osmaniye, Turkey
Mallikarjun Bidarimath, Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, USA
Sankarganesh Devaraj, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, India
Paulina Jawor, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Halit Kanca, University Of Ankara, Turkey
Ramanathan Kasimanickam,Washington State University, USA
Arumugam Kumaresan, ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute, India
Ana Martins-Bessa, UTAD- University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Gianluca Neglia, Federico II University of Naples - Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Italy
Ali Doğan ÖMÜR, Atatürk Üniversitesi, Turkey
Pablo Pinedo, Colorado State University, United States
Izhar Hyder Qazi, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Pakistan
Tomohiro Sasanami, Shizuoka University, Japan
Tomasz Stankiewicz, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
Giuseppe Stradaioli, University Of Udine, Italy
Lakamy Sylla, University of Perugia, Italy
Ling Yang, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, China, China
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Veterinary education
Martin Cake, Murdoch University, Australia
Fabrrizio De Massis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Italy
Alison J Hanlon, University College Dublin, Ireland
Michela Pugliese, Department of Veterinary Sciences - University of Messina, Italy

Virology
Elsayed Abdel-whab, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany
Joana Abrantes, University of Porto, Portugal
Aruna Ambagala, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease -Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada
Alongkorn Amonsin, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Ye Chen, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Bhudipa Choudhury, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK
Sohini Dey, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India
Barbara Di Martino, University of the Studies of Teramo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Italy
Kiril M. Dimitrov, Texas A&M University, USA
Junzheng Du, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Pedro Esteves, CIBIO/InBIO-UP, Portugal
Helen Everett, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK
Mario Forzan, University of Pisa, Italy
Maria Gabriela Echeverria, University of La Plata, Argentina
Farhid Hemmatzadeh, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Han Lei, College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, China, People's Republic
Nicola Lewis, Royal Veterinary College, UK
Hui-jun Lu, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, China
Tao Lin, University of Conneticut School of Medicine, USA
Scott Kenney, The Ohio State University, USA
Suresh V Kuchipudi, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Lorraine McElhinney, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK
Frank van der Meer, University of Calgary, Canada
Jowita Samanta Niczyporuk, National Veterinary Research Institute, Poland
Charles Nfon, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canada
Rob Noad, Royal Veterinary College, UK
José Ignacio Núñez, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal CReSA-IRTA, Spain
F. William Pierson, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Aijian Qin, Yangzhou University, China
Subir Sarker, La Trobe University, Australia
Torsten Seuberlich, Division of Neurological Sciences, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland
Tongling Shan, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Shuo Su, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Gnanavel Venkatesan, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India
Stefan Vilcek, University of Vewterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Kosice, Slovakia
Feng Wen, Foshan University, China, People's Republic
Kerstin Wernike, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany
Edward Wright, University of Sussex, UK
Shao-Lun Zhai, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Jung-Yong Yeh, Incheon National University, South Korea
Shijun Zheng, China Agricultural University, China
Jie Zhu, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, People's Republic

Zoological and wildlife medicine
Livio Galosi, School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Italy
Sawang Kesdangsakonwut, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Nicola Di Girolamo, Centro Veterinario Specialistico, Italy

Editorial Advisers
Michael Azain, University of Georgia, USA
Olaf Berke, University of Guelph, Canada
Patrick Butaye, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Saint Kitts and Nevi
Sarah Cleaveland, University of Glasgow, UK
Patrick Boerlin, University of Guelph, Canada
Paul M Coussens, Michigan State University, USA
Johannes Charlier, Kraveat, Belgium
Philip Elzer, Louisiana State University, USA
David Freeman, University of Florida, USA
Zhen Fu, University of Georgia, USA
Bruce Gummow, James Cook University, Australia
Jorge Hernandez, University of Florida, USA
John Innes, University of Liverpool, UK
Derek Knottenbelt, University of Liverpool, UK
Matthew Parker, University of Portsmouth, UK
Dirk Pfeiffer, The Royal Veterinary College, UK
Ayona Silva-Fletcher, The Royal Veterinary College, UK
Charles Vite, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Ronald Weigel, University of Illinois, USA