This issue contains topics on exotic animal practice and a general update of new and emerging animal diseases; emerging infectious diseases of rabbits, chelonians, honey bees, ferrets, chinchillas, snakes, lizards, wild birds, amphibians, ornamental fishes and hedgehogs; cystine urolithiasis in...

Slovenia was officially declared free of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in 2009 although the proportion of tuberculin test positive herds and animals in the past 40 years did not exceed 0.08% and 0.07%, respectively. In the last two decades, a single case of bTB in cattle of Slovene origin was confirmed ...

The specifics of the processing of livestock and poultry products is that in the process of obtaining the main marketable products, about half the feedstock at various stages of the technological process turns into waste that pollutes the environment. These by-products contain large amounts of the...

Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of an essential oil obtained from the oleoresin of Pinus pinaster Aiton (pine white oil, also known as turpentine oil), when used as a sensory additive in feed and water for...

This special section contains 6 abstracts of papers on the care, health and diagnosis of diseases affecting pets. Topics include: two-dimensional, M-mode, and Doppler echocardiography in 22 conscious and apparently healthy pet guineapigs; comparison of 2 portable human glucometers for the...

Hepatitis E virus (HEV, family Hepeviridae) is an important emerging and zoonotic pathogen. In recent decades, the number of human cases of zoonotic hepatitis E has increased considerably in industrialized countries and HEV has been detected in an expanding range of mammal species. Although...

Monitoring of infectious diseases is one of the most important pillars of preventive medicine in zoos. Screening for parasitic and bacterial infections is important to keep animals and equipment safe from pathogens that may pose a risk to animal and human health. Zoos usually contain many different ...

The density and distribution of wild ungulates, especially sika deer (Cervus nippon) and wild boar (Sus scrofa), have increased across the Japanese archipelago in the last two decades. The tradition of consuming wild game meat has been inherited in limited areas in Japan, but recently, the use of ...

The concept of sentience, which concerns the capacity to have feelings, involves cognitive concepts and awareness. The cognitive capacities of parrots, corvids, cows, pigs and sheep are substantial. All vertebrates, including fish, are shown to have pain systems. There has been rapid development in ...