Tick-borne illnesses are a multifaceted global concern because of the public health risk caused by zoonotic infections, the economic impact on livestock farming, the significant consequences for pet animal health, and the adverse impacts on wildlife conservation. Furthermore, research has revealed that the effects of climate change and socioeconomic variables like globalization are driving the emergence of diverse tick-borne infections across the globe.

This explicates why there is such a growing interest in broadening existing knowledge about epidemiology, host and vector, transmission, reservoirs, immunity, immunopathogenesis, risk factors influencing disease severity and course, clinical and clinicopathological findings, and the diagnosis, treatment, management, control and prevention of animal tick-borne diseases.

This special issue on "Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Tick-Borne Diseases of Animals" invites submissions of novel research on tick-borne diseases of small and large animals (like Hepatozoon canis, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and Theileriosis), and wildlife with a special focus on livestock species, which are disproportionately affected, particularly in tropical countries like India. The primary goal of this issue is to address the impact of tick-borne illnesses on livestock production vis-à-vis climate change, as well as to investigate new diagnostic techniques, therapeutics, and control measures like vaccines that are available to curtail their damaging effects on the livestock industry. Additionally, tick-borne diseases such as babesiosis and anaplasmosis also have a zoonotic significance, thereby affecting humans too. So, under the "One Health" paradigm, a strong collaboration between veterinary and medical scientists, ecologists, and policy makers is required to control tick borne zoonotic diseases. Thus, submissions related to tick borne diseases are welcomed with special focus on ruminants that will help the researchers and scientists to develop suitable modes for their mitigation.