About the Journal of Wildlife Diseases

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases (JWD) (ISSN 0090-3558) is published quarterly by the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA). The WDA is an international organization of scientists, academicians, wildlife and fisheries specialists, and others whose mission is to acquire, disseminate, and apply knowledge of the health and diseases of wild animals in relation to their biology, conservation, and interactions with humans and domestic animals. For information of the JWD Editors past and present, click HERE. For a listing of the JWD Editorial Board and Associate Editors click HERE.

For information on submitting manuscripts for publication in JWD please go to Author information on the JWD website.

The JWD publishes reports of wildlife disease investigations, research papers, brief research notes, case and epizootic reports, review articles, and book reviews. The JWD publishes the results of original research and observations dealing with all aspects of infectious, parasitic, toxic, nutritional, physiologic, developmental, and neoplastic diseases, environmental contamination, and other factors impinging on the health and survival of free-living or occasionally captive populations of wild animals, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Papers on zoonoses involving wildlife and on chemical immobilization of wild animals are also published. Manuscripts dealing with surveys and case reports may be published in the Journal if they contain significant new information or have significance for better understanding health and disease in wild populations. Authors are encouraged to address the wildlife management implications of their studies, where appropriate.

Subscription to JWD is included in most WDA membership options.

Institutional subscriptions are variable, so please contact WDA Executive Manager Dr Peri Wolff on exec.manager@wildlifedisease.org or call +1 805 857-5809.

Single copies of the materials in JWD may be reproduced for the non-commercial purpose of educational and scientific advancement without the need to seek specific permission from the Editor or WDA representative. Back issues can be purchased by contacting the Executive Manager.