Journal of Porcine Health Management
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Porcine Health Management (PHM) is an open access peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish relevant, novel and revised information regarding all aspects of swine health medicine and production. The journal provides a venue for global research on swine health and production, including infectious and non-infectious diseases, reproduction, epidemiology, management, economics, genetics, housing, nutrition, animal welfare and ethics, legislation, food safety, drugs and surgery. This journal is aiming at readers, and attracting authors, with different levels of experience; Diplomates and Residents of the ECPHM and other colleges as well as PhD students and experienced researchers from outside! Anticipated articles include: original research, reviews, short communications, case reports, case-studies and commentaries.
PHM is the official journal of the European College for Porcine Health Management (ECPHM).
Editors-In-Chief
Paolo Martelli, DVM, EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Porcine Health Management
Prof. Paolo Martelli is a Full Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine at the Department of Veterinary Science of the University of Parma (Italy). He is founding Father of the European College of Porcine Health Management and he has served the College as Chair of the Education Committee (2011-2013) and President (2016-2019). He was also President of the Italian Pig Veterinary Society.
His research interests include porcine herd health, clinical immunology, infectious and non infectious pig diseases.
Heiko Nathues, DVM, EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Porcine Health Management
Prof. Dr. Heiko Nathues is a Diplomate of the European College of Porcine Health Management (ECPHM), certified as EBVS™ European Veterinary Specialist of Porcine Health Management and currently the Past-President of the ECPHM. Since April 2021 he is the Vice-President of the EBVS and a member of the Executive Committee.
Since 2013, he is a professor at the Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Bern, Switzerland, where he is heading the clinic for swine. His primary areas of interest are diagnosis, epidemiology and control of porcine virus- and mycoplasmal-diseases.
Guest-edited collection
BMC Porcine Health Management is calling for submissions to our Collection on Precision Livestock Farming in Pigs.
Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) provides innovative sensor technologies for continuous phenotyping and data integration, promoting compassionate healthcare, management, and genetic evaluation, thereby enhancing both the well-being of pigs and overall pig production.
Submission Deadline: 1 February 2025
WHO can apply for an APC waiver code?
You can have access to an APC waiver code for publishing your paper in the PHM journal free of charge if:
1. You are a member of ECPHM:
− you are an active Resident, AND you have submitted your annual SER on time (before 31st of January of the current year); senior Residents can not have access to an APCW code; OR
− you are a Diplomate, AND you have paid your annual membership fee on time (before 31st of March of the current year).
2. You are part of one of the previous categories AND you are the first or the last author of the manuscript.
3. You meet the two previous criteria AND you have not applied for a waiver more than once in the same year.
HOW many APC waiver codes you might ask per year?
• Only two (2) APC waiver codes can be claimed annually by individual Resident or Diplomate.
HOW you can apply for an APC waiver code?
• If you meet the previous criteria, you can ask for an APC waiver code writing an email to the Treasurer of ECPHM (treasurer@ecphm.org). No one else (Editor in chief, Secretary, etc.) apart from the Treasurer can take decisions in this respect.
• The Treasurer will verify your eligibility and will provide you with the code and the instructions to use this during electronic submission process on the journal's website.