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Animals, Microbes, and Menus: A One Health Approach to Foodborne Pathogens
Submission Abstract:
The modern food supply chain is a complex ecosystem where human, animal, and environmental health intimately intersect. Foodborne zoonoses, diseases transmitted naturally between animals and humans via consumption remain a critical global public health challenge, causing millions of illnesses annually. Addressing these persistent and emerging microbial threats requires moving beyond isolated food safety protocols toward a holistic, One Health framework. This special issue aims to bridge the gap between veterinary medicine, environmental science, and food microbiology to explore how zoonotic pathogens adapt, survive, and circulate from animal reservoirs to the consumer's plate. Thematic areas will focus on pathogen transmission and ecology, Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Advanced surveillance and diagnostics and mitigation and one health policy etc.
We invite high-quality original research, comprehensive reviews, and innovative methodological papers that shed light on the microbial dynamics of foodborne zoonoses. We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary studies that track pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter, Escherichia coli, Brucella and emerging threats across the entire food production continuum.