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.

《野生動物疾病雜志》發表了關于傳染病、寄生蟲病、有毒、營養、生理學、發育性和腫瘤性疾病、環境污染以及其他影響包括魚類在內的自由生活或圈養野生動物的健康和生存的因素的所有方面的原始研究和觀察結果。還發表了涉及野生動物的人畜共患病和野生動物化學固定的論文。