Avian Diseases Journal Fall 2024 Update

Avian Diseases has now published three issues in 2024. In these first three issues, we published 21 Original Articles, 5 Research Notes and 8 Case Reports.

A key component to the success of Avian Diseases is the involvement of the Advisory Board. This group provides important input and insight to the journal and its editorial team. After many years of service on the Advisory Board, Drs. Dick Witter and Oscar Fletcher have decided to step down. I want to personally thank them for their service to the journal and their role in helping keep Avian Diseases as a top scientific journal in the field.

I am pleased to announce that the Advisory Board has added a new member: Dr. Ana da Silva.

Dr. da Silva earned her DVM in 2010 in Brazil. She moved to the United States in 2015 to obtain a PhD in avian virology and immunology. Because of her training in both avian pathology and basic research, she has worked as a researcher and as a poultry diagnostician for a few years at the University of California and at the University of Calgary, where she now lives. She currently works as a consultant, providing expert advice in poultry diseases and research to private labs and universities. Her appointment to the Advisory Board was approved by the AAAP Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting.

As a reminder, we will be publishing a Special Issue this year that will appear as a supplement (5^th issue of the year). All articles will be published Open Access. The topics for the Special Issue include Avibacterium paragallinarum, Enterococcus species of importance to poultry, Streptococcus gallolyticus, Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, Campylobacter species causing hepatitis in layer chickens, and Erysipelas. We are excited about this upcoming Special Issue and will be using it to test the Open Access model.

Speaking of Open Access, we continue to have discussions regarding the transition of Avian Diseases to an entirely Open Access model. We are currently evaluating possible strategies that would allow the journal to switch to OA in a revenue-neutral manner for 2026. We will maintain a hybrid model of OA and subscriptions for 2025 but move to more focus on the OA option.

Finally, everyone will have noticed that the journal is now entirely digital. However, remember that individuals can still choose to order a print copy of the entire issue, which is done via the “Print on Demand” feature on the Avian Diseases website. The Print on Demand issues are the same high-quality publications to which you have grown accustomed.

I wish everyone a great fall.

Sincerely,

Randall Singer, DVM, MPVM, PhD