Veterinary Science calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Transboundary and Emerging Diseases: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries

Guest Editors: Muhammad Munir and Mikael Berg

In the last decade, a significant increase in the emergence of infectious diseases has been observed. Several of these pathogens such as Influenza, Corona, Hanta, Ebola viruses and Borreliosis have public-health implications whereas Peste des Petits Ruminants and Schmallenberg viruses represent a transboundary threat to ruminant production. This increased incidence of infectious diseases is a complex interface of host-pathogen-environment, and is influenced by international trade and changing distribution of disease vectors. These diseases also have important implications for wildlife conservation, as the introduction of a novel disease could easily wipe out a small, isolated population, either in nature or in captivity. Included within One World, One Health is the “spillover” of diseases between wild and domestic animals and human.

This special issue of “Transboundary and Emerging Disease” on “Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries” invites original articles, critical reviews, and expert commentaries on all aspects of emerging pathogens. Scope includes, but is not limited to, disease economics, molecular epidemiology and diagnosis, pathobiology, host immune response, vaccines and therapeutics. The manuscript should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tbed. After logging into ScholarOne Manuscript as an author, it is important to choose “Emerging Diseases in Developing Countries” from the drop-down menu of the manuscript type. All published article will be freely available for download and there will be no article processing charges for authors. You are welcome to discuss any ideas with guest editor (Muhammad Munir, drmunir.muhammad@gmail.com) for possible inclusion in this issue.

Deadline for submissions is November 2013.

For any question regarding the online submission please contact Iduna Haus, Editorial Assistant TBED, iduna-haus@ethz.ch.

Call for Nominations: Pan American Health Organization/Pan American Health and Education Foundation 2013 Pedro N. Acha Award for Excellence in Veterinary Public Health

The call for nominations is now open for the 2013 PAHO/PAHEF Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health. The deadline to submit a nomination is June 14, 2013 at 5:00 pm ET (Washington, D.C., time).

Form of the Award

The award consists of a cash prize, certificate of honor, and a symbolic representation of the award.

If you have questions, contact awards@pahef.org.

This award honors Dr. Pedro N. Acha, long-time chief of the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) veterinary public health program, and recognizes his outstanding contributions to health in the Americas. It is intended to stimulate excellence in students who are pursuing careers in veterinary medicine or animal sciences in the region of the Americas, especially in Latin America and/or the Caribbean.

This award is one of the awards in the Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health Program, a joint partnership of PAHO and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF).

Qualifications

Deans or directors of schools of veterinary medicine and animal sciences in the Americas may nominate an undergraduate student who has prepared a research paper based on his or her undergraduate thesis within the veterinary public health field. The research paper should cover at least one of the following: zoonoses, food safety, animal health and production, development of biomedical models (animal research models or in vitro substitutes), food security and animal husbandry (zootechnics), and/or environmental health related to livestock production systems or other domesticated animals. The maximum number of nominations that will be accepted from any one school is three.

Both the research paper and the thesis must have been written within the previous three years of the nomination and a copy of the thesis must be included as part of the nomination package for the jury’s reference. It is encouraged, but not mandatory, for the research paper to be formatted per the guidelines of the Pan American Journal of Public Health.

The winning research paper will have the opportunity to be published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health.

The nomination package must be submitted online by the dean or director of the nominee’s veterinary medicine program. If the nominator is someone other than the student’s dean or director, the nomination cannot be considered compliant.

Staff members, consultants, and interns in active service of PAHO, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other United Nations agencies; current official representatives to PAHO's governing bodies (e.g., ministers of health); sitting members of the PAHEF board of directors; PAHEF staff, consultants, advisors, and interns; and members of the Pedro N. Acha Award for Excellence in Veterinary Public Health jury are ineligible to receive the award.