EDITORIAL article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Clinical, Anatomical, and Comparative Pathology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1664602
This article is part of the Research TopicEmerging Diseases and Diagnostics in Poultry ProductionView all 8 articles
Editorial: Emerging Diseases and Diagnostics in Poultry Production
Provisionally accepted- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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In the realm of avian production, a critical component of global food security and economic stability, the risk and impact of disease challenge are significantly heightened due to large, close confinement rearing systems. These systems, while designed to maximize productivity and improve economies of scale, inadvertently increase the probability of infectious disease spread and the emergence of new poultry disease variants. This has led to substantial economic losses in the poultry industries worldwide, including chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, and other birds, particularly in China. It's critical challenge to manage the risk and consequence of disease control, due to the economical goal of poultry industry (Ravikumar et al., 2022).The primary aim of this research topic is to collate works from researchers specializing in virology, bacteriology, disease transmission and mechanisms, and diagnostics. The objective is threefold: to understand the current, emerged, re-emerged, and emerging diseases within the poultry industry; to explore diagnostic technologies that could potentially contribute to the development of new diagnostic tools; and to employ new strategies to eradicate potential pathogenic threats to the poultry industry (David et al., 2020).The emergence and re-emergence of avian diseases, especially for the novel variant diseases, are challenging to control due to lack of effective treatment options, that pose the biggest threat to the poultry industry. For disease control purposes, it's the key point to make an accurate diagnosis and collect information with variables relevant to flock health, including prevalence or incidence of infection, morbidity and mortality rates, flock immunity and distribution of antibody titres, production records, etc. Currently, RT-qPCR with spin column RNA extraction is the gold standard for HPAIV surveillance, but its long reaction time and need for specialized equipment limit its effectiveness for rapid response. By combining a magnetic bead RNP purification and concentration method with an RT-RPA/PAM-independent Cas12a assay detection system, Song In conclusion, we would like to express all our gratitude to all 64 researchers who have contributed to this Research Topic by sharing their valuable resource from the "Emerging Diseases and Diagnostics in Poultry Production" perspective. We also extend our thanks to the reviewers and staff of Frontiers in Veterinary Science, whose efforts have ensured the successful completion of this Research Topic.Key words: avian diseases, emerging and re-emerging, variant, detection, differentiation, diagnostic
Keywords: avian diseases, emerging and re-emerging, variant, detection, differentiation, diagnostic
Received: 12 Jul 2025; Accepted: 06 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Chunhe Wan, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
Chunhua Zhu, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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