該期刊是國際動物健康計劃和預防性獸醫醫學報告的主要來源。期刊每年出版20次，重點關注家畜和野生動物的流行病學，動物流行病和地方病的成本，獸醫流行病學的最新方法，公共獸醫服務的疾病控制或根除，獸醫與動物生產的關系 ，以及開發診斷，記錄，評估和控制動物種群疾病的新技術。

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.