An international scientific journal and the Official Organ of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists (AAVP), the European Veterinary Parasitology College (EVPC) and the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP)

Veterinary Parasitology is concerned with those aspects of helminthology, protozoology and entomology which are of interest to animal health investigators, veterinary practitioners and others with a special interest in parasitology. Papers of the highest quality dealing with all aspects of disease prevention, pathology, treatment, epidemiology, and control of parasites in all domesticated animals, fall within the scope of the journal. Papers of geographically limited (local) interest which are not of interest to an international audience will not be accepted. Authors who submit papers based on local data will need to indicate why their paper is relevant to a broader readership. Or they can submit to the journal?s companion title, Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, which welcomes manuscripts with a regional focus.

Parasitological studies on laboratory animals fall within the scope of Veterinary Parasitology only if they provide a reasonably close model of a disease of domestic animals. Additionally the journal will consider papers relating to wildlife species where they may act as disease reservoirs to domestic animals, or as a zoonotic reservoir. Case studies considered to be unique or of specific interest to the journal, will also be considered on occasions at the Editors' discretion. Papers dealing exclusively with the taxonomy of parasites do not fall within the scope of the journal.

Studies on rickettsial disease organisms (Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Eperythrozoon) will be considered for publication in Veterinary Parasitology, but only if the paper deals with vector transmission of these organisms to domesticated animals, or if zoonotic. Studies on Rickettsia per se will not be accepted.

Studies dealing with parasite control by means of natural products, both in vivo and in vitro, fall within the scope of the journal, but only if well documented and with therapeutically relevant minimum inhibitory concentrations of the active compound(s) being clearly demonstrated.

Circumstances relating to animal experimentation must meet the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals as issued by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences. (Obtainable from: Executive Secretary C.I.O.M.S., c/o W.H.O., Via Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.)

Manuscripts reporting meta-analyses and systematic reviews that follow PRISMA or MOOSE reporting guidelines will receive consideration only if they go beyond reporting parasite prevalence and provide a description and analysis of factors and mechanisms associated with the reported data.

1. Original research papers (Regular Papers)
2. Review articles
3. Letters to the Editor
4. Book reviews

Editors-in-Chief
Andy Greer
Lincoln University Faculty of Agriculture Horticulture Viticulture, Christchurch, New Zealand
Martin K. Nielsen
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Michael P. Reichel
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Theo de Waal
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Book Review Editors
Gad Baneth
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, Rehovot, Israel
Elias Papadopoulos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Editorial Advisory Board
Rodney Brown Besier
Brown Besier Parasitology Pty Ltd, Albany, Australia
Frederic Beugnet
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Lyon, France
Dwight Bowman
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
Luis Cardoso
University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
Edwin Claerebout
Ghent University Department of Virology Parasitology and Immunology, Merelbeke, Belgium
Matthew James Denwood
University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
Philippe Dorchies
National Veterinary School Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Pierre Dorny
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
Geoffrey Fosgate
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Caroline Frey
University of Bern, Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland
Stanny Geerts
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
Claudio Genchi
University of Milan, Milano, Italy
John Gilleard
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Luís F. Pita Gondim
Federal University of Bahia, School of Veterinary Medicine / Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Pathology and Clinics, Salvador, Brazil
Patricia Holman
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
Dan Howe
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Ikuo Igarashi
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan
Anja Joachim
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Wien, Austria
Pikka Jokelainen
State Serum Institute, Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Infectious Disease Preparedness, Laboratory of Parasitology, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ray Kaplan
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
Thomas Kennedy
Eleven Bravo LLC, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Andrew Kotze
CSIRO Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia, Australia
Marcelo Labruna
University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
David Lindsay
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Alan A. Marchiondo
Zoetis Genetics, Santa Fe, NM, United States
Marcelo Molento
Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
Jorge Morales-Montor
National Autonomous University of Mexico Department of Immunology, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Vinny Naidoo
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Thomas Nolan
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Pia Olafson
USDA-ARS Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, Kerrville, Texas, United States
Domenico Otranto
University of Bari Section of Clinical Veterinary and Animal Production, Bari, Italy
Roberto Papini
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Kurt Pfister
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
William (Bill) Pomroy
Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Dierk Rebeski
Lohmann Animal Health GmbH und Co KG, Cuxhaven, Germany
Gereon Schares
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald, Germany
Theo Schetters
Merck Sharp and Dohme Animal Health Netherlands, Boxmeer, Netherlands
Johann Schröder
Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney, Australia
Jan Šlapeta
University of Sydney Faculty of Science Sydney School of Veterinary Science Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Andrew Thompson
Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
Donato Traversa
University of Teramo Veterinary Hospital, Teramo, Italy
Gert Venter
Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
Georg Von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Lihua Xiao
South China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine, Guangzhou, China
Dante Zarlenga
USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, United States
Xing-Quan Zhu
Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute Department of Parasitology, Lanzhou, China
Annetta Zintl
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland