《鸟类病理学》是世界兽医家禽协会的官方期刊，自1972年首次出版以来，一直是家禽疾病科学家的国际领先期刊。它发表与家禽和其他鸟类传染性和非传染性疾病整个领域相关的材料。被接受的手稿将为国际读者群体提供有趣的新数据，并且在疾病的认识和理解方面将有重要贡献，无论是关于新旧疾病。主题领域包括病理学、诊断、病原体的检测和表征、有可能对人兽共患病有重要意义的感染、流行病学、先天和免疫反应、疫苗、基因序列、与疾病相关的基因学以及对疾病的生理和生化变化反应。除非它们还包含有关该疾病或病原体的重大新信息，否则不接受一个国家已被广泛认可的疾病的首次和后续报告。关于野生或宠物鸟类的手稿应描述大量鸟类的疾病或病原体，并认识/暗示该物种潜在的重大影响，或者该疾病或病原体与家禽有明显的相关性。在没有将它们与鸟类疾病联系起来的数据的情况下，关于食品加工期间或之后获得的食源性微生物和罕见微生物发生或性质的手稿可能不被考虑发表。

Avian Pathology is the official journal of the World Veterinary Poultry Association and, since its first publication in 1972, has been a leading international journal for poultry disease scientists. It publishes material relevant to the entire field of infectious and non-infectious diseases of poultry and other birds. Accepted manuscripts will contribute novel data of interest to an international readership and will add significantly to knowledge and understanding of diseases, old or new. Subject areas include pathology, diagnosis, detection and characterisation of pathogens, infections of possible zoonotic importance, epidemiology, innate and immune responses, vaccines, gene sequences, genetics in relation to disease and physiological and biochemical changes in response to disease. First and subsequent reports of well-recognized diseases within a country are not acceptable unless they also include substantial new information about the disease or pathogen. Manuscripts on wild or pet birds should describe disease or pathogens in a significant number of birds, recognizing/suggesting serious potential impact on that species or that the disease or pathogen is of demonstrable relevance to poultry. Manuscripts on food-borne microorganisms acquired during or after processing, and those that catalogue the occurrence or properties of microorganisms, are unlikely to be considered for publication in the absence of data linking them to avian disease.