該期刊是國際動(dòng)物健康計(jì)劃和預(yù)防性獸醫(yī)醫(yī)學(xué)報(bào)告的主要來源。期刊每年出版20次，重點(diǎn)關(guān)注家畜和野生動(dòng)物的流行病學(xué)，動(dòng)物流行病和地方病的成本，獸醫(yī)流行病學(xué)的最新方法，公共獸醫(yī)服務(wù)的疾病控制或根除，獸醫(yī)與動(dòng)物生產(chǎn)的關(guān)系 ，以及開發(fā)診斷，記錄，評估和控制動(dòng)物種群疾病的新技術(shù)。

This journal is the leading resource for international reports on animal health programs and preventive veterinary medicine. Published 20 times a year, the journal focuses on the epidemiology of domestic and wild animals, costs of epidemic and endemic diseases of animals, the latest methods in veterinary epidemiology, disease control or eradication by public veterinary services, relationships between veterinary medicine and animal production, and development of new techniques in diagnosing, recording, evaluating and controlling diseases in animal populations.