Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions to authors

The journal publishes original scientific research or review papers and case reports. Manuscripts should be submitted in English. Only unpublished manuscripts may be accepted for the review process. All manuscripts initially reviewed by members of editorial board, then forwarded to qualified reviewers. Three hard copies of manuscript with figures and tables should be submitted in addition to an electronic copy on a CD. Electronic submission by the e-mail mentioned below is strongly recommended. In case of rejection, the submitted copies of the manuscript will not be returned to authors. There are no page charges.

Preparation of the manuscript

1. General guidelines

All manuscripts including references, tables and figure legends should be typed double-spaced on one side of the paper with 12 font size and Times New Roman format, with at least 25mm margin. The manuscript should be numbered consecutively beginning from the title page followed by the abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, tables and legends.

All manuscripts should be accompanied by a cover letter from the corresponding author which specifies the following:

1. The type of submission.
2. The name of corresponding author and his/her complete mailing address, telephone and fax numbers.

• A statement by the corresponding author certifying that all coauthors have seen and agreed to the contents of manuscript and that the submitted work has not been considered for publication or published previously.

2. Title page

The title page of the manuscript should be in a separate page and include the following:

1. A concise and informative title of fewer than 200 characters.
2. Full names of authors with first name, middle initial and last name of each author.
3. Complete affiliation for each author, with the name of department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed.
4. Name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
5. Superscript numbers should be used to link the author with institution and an asterisk (*) should be used to refer to the corresponding author.

3. Abstract

An abstract with up to 250 words in one paragraph for original and review articles should be submitted. The abstract should contain the background, purpose(s) of the study, procedure(s), results and conclusions. For review articles, the abstracts should summarize the contents of the review. Up to six key words should also be provided with the abstract.

4. Introduction

This section should provide a clear and concise justification of the study including its relevance. The number of citations should be kept to the minimum. The final paragraph should state the hypothesis and the aims of the study.

5. Materials and methods

This section should include the design and the methodology of the study and should be presented in sufficient details. However, previously published methods should not be discussed in details but cited with appropriate references instead.

6. Results

The content of this section should be informative and accompanied by self-explanatory tables, figures or other illustrations if necessary.

7. Discussion

Its contents should be interpretative and based on the study results only. The discussion can be in a single section or it can be presented together with the results and conclusion.

8. Tables

Tables should be Typed double spaced each on a separate page. Pages should be numbered consecutively with text and a table number and title should be provided. Footnote for each table should be provided for identifying all used abbreviations.

9. Figure legends

Must be self explanatory and all abbreviations should be identified.

10. Figures

The maximum allowed number is up to 10 for all types of publications and should be in a good level of resolution.

11. Acknowledgement

12. References

References in the text must be written in parentheses and provided as name and year of the publication. They should be written in chronological order, then in alphabetical order, in parentheses; for example: (Albrecht 1983; Meyer 1983; Müller and Frank 1985; Schmitz et al. 1988). If the author's name is mentioned in the text directly, then the year of publication is to be written in parentheses; e.g. according to Smith (2007). If there are more than two authors, then the first is named and the others are summarized under "et al.". All the sources cited in the text should be in the reference list. It is the entire responsibility of the author(s) to cross-check the references and citations carefully.

The list of references should be organized alphabetically based on the first letter of the first author surname.

The following citation method is to be used in the list of references:

Journal article

The title of the journal should be abbreviated according to the official abbreviations given in Medline (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). The journal name should be abbreviated without any full stops and in italic format (e.g. Vet Med); the issue numbers should NOT be mentioned.

e.g. Gibson TW, Brisson BA and Sears W (2005). Perioperative survival rates after surgery for diaphragmatic hernia in dogs and cats: 92 cases (1990-2002). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 227:105-109.

Book

e.g. Ganong WF (1985). Review of medical physiology (12^th edn). Lange Medical Publications, Los Altos: pp 55.

Chapter in book

e.g. Thomson GR (1994). Foot-and-mouth disease. In Coetzer JAW, Thomson GR, Tustin RC (eds) Infectious diseases of livestock with special reference to southern Africa Vol. 1. Oxford University Press, Cape Town: pp 825-852.

Conference proceedings

e.g. Nielsen JP and Rosendal S (1994). Ciliostasis in the pathogenesis of atrophic rhinitis. Proceedings of the 13th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-30 June pp119.

Thesis

e.g. Pini A (1977). Strains of African swine fever virus isolated from domestic pigs and from the tick Ornithodoros moubata in South Africa. DVSc thesis, University of Pretoria.

Online materials

Only authentic online materials should be used.

e.g. Batey R (2003). Mycotic dermatitis (dermatophilosis) of sheep. Online at: http://www. austbreed.com.au (accessed 2 May 2007).

13. Case report

            Case report will be considered for publication only if it concerns unrecognized condition or offers new insight into pathophysiology, diagnosis or treatment of a disease. The abstract of case reports should not exceed 100 words and overall text not exceed 2000 words including tables, figures and references.