The Journal of Wildlife Diseases 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 captive populations of wild animals, including fish. Papers on zoonoses involving wildlife and on chemical immobilization of wild animals are published also.

《野生動(dòng)物疾病雜志》發(fā)表了關(guān)于傳染病、寄生蟲(chóng)病、有毒、營(yíng)養(yǎng)、生理學(xué)、發(fā)育性和腫瘤性疾病、環(huán)境污染以及其他影響包括魚(yú)類(lèi)在內(nèi)的自由生活或圈養(yǎng)野生動(dòng)物的健康和生存的因素的所有方面的原始研究和觀察結(jié)果。還發(fā)表了涉及野生動(dòng)物的人畜共患病和野生動(dòng)物化學(xué)固定的論文。