GENERAL

Veterinary World publishes high quality and novelty papers focusing on Veterinary and Animal Science. The fields of study are bacteriology, parasitology, virology, immunology, Nutrition, Gynecology, Surgery, Prion diseases and epidemiology. Food animals, companion animals, equines, wild animals, laboratory animals and animal models of human infections are considered. Studies on zoonotic and emerging infections are highly appreciated.

All articles published by Veterinary World are made freely and permanently accessible online. All articles to Veterinary World are posted online immediately as they are ready for publication. All articles will be assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) whereby they become searchable and citable without delay.

For Online submission of manuscript: www.scopemed.org/?jid=2

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Please read the instructions below carefully for details on the submission of manuscripts, the journal's requirements and standards as well as information concerning the procedure after a manuscript has been accepted for publication in Veterinary World.

ETHICAL GUIDELINES

Veterinary World adheres to the below ethical guidelines for publication and research.

Authorship and Acknowledgements:

Authorship: Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the manuscript has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the manuscript to the Journal. All named authors must have made an active contribution to the conception and design and/or analysis and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper and All must have critically reviewed its content and have approved the final version submitted for publication. Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship.

Veterinary World adheres to the definition of authorship set up by The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). According to the ICMJE authorship criteria should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design of, or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data, 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet conditions 1, 2 and 3.

It is a requirement that all authors have been accredited as appropriate upon submission of the manuscript. Contributors who do not qualify as authors should be mentioned under Acknowledgements.

Acknowledgements: Under Acknowledgements please specify contributors to the article other than the authors accredited. Please also include specifications of the source of funding for the study and any potential conflict of interests if appropriate. Suppliers of materials should be named and their location (town, state/county, country) included.

Ethical Approvals:
Experimental Subjects: When experimental animals are used the methods section must clearly indicate that adequate measures were taken to minimize pain or discomfort. Experiments should be carried out in accordance with the Guidelines laid down by the International Animal Ethics Committee or Institutional ethics committee and in accordance with local laws and regulations. All studies using human or animal subjects should include an explicit statement in the Material and Methods section identifying the review and ethics committee approval for each study, if applicable. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt as to whether appropriate procedures have been used.

PERMISSION

If all or parts of previously published illustrations are used, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder concerned. It is the author's responsibility to obtain these in writing and provide copies to the Publishers.

AUTHOR DECLARATION CERTIFICATE

Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work and its essential substance have not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Certificate also includes permission from other copyright holders if any copyrighted materials used in manuscript. (Download Author Declaration Certificate)

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should be submitted Online via the online submission site www.scopemed.org/?jid=2. The use of an online submission and peer review site speeds up the decision-making process, enables immediate distribution, and allows authors to track the status of their own manuscripts. If assistance is needed (or if for some reason online submission is not possible), the Editorial Office can be contacted and will readily provide any help users need to upload their manuscripts.

Editorial Office contact person: Dr. Anjum Sherasiya,

e-mail: editorveterinaryworld@gmail.com

Online Submission:

To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below.

Getting Started
1. Launch your web browser (Internet Explorer 6 or higher) and go to the journal's Scopemed Manuscripts homepage www.scopemed.org/?jid=2

2. Click on the tutorial link from upper menu. The tutorial will guide you procedure regarding submission of manuscript.

4. Please be patience during the final step of conversion to PDF. Sometime conversion takes long time (upto 3-5 min according to system speed and your network speed)

Blinded Review
All manuscripts submitted to Veterinary World will be reviewed by two experts in the field. Veterinary World uses single-blinded review. The names of the reviewers will thus not be disclosed to the author submitting a paper.

Please upload:

Your manuscript with title page under the file designation 'main document'

Figure files under the file designation 'figures'

Manuscripts Types Accepted

Original Articles should not exceed 15 typewritten pages with double space, including illustrations, tables and references. Review articles - including illustrations, tables and literature references - should not exceed 20 typewritten pages with double space. Case reports – including figures – should not exceed 5 typewritten pages with double space (format DIN A4 or 8.5 × 11'). The number of illustrations and tables must be kept to a minimum.

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT AND STRUCTURE

Format
Manuscripts in general should be organized in the following order:

• Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)

• Name(s) of author(s) (please do not include in manuscript file but include in step of submission)

• Complete postal address(es) of affiliations (please do not include in manuscript file but include in step of submission)

• Full telephone, Fax No. and e-mail address of the corresponding author (please do not include in manuscript file but include in step of submission)

• Present address(es) of author(s) if applicable (please do not include in manuscript file but include in step of submission)

• Complete correspondence address including e-mail address to which the proofs should be sent (please do not include in manuscript file but include in step of submission)

• Abstract

• Keywords (indexing terms), normally 3-6 items.

• Introduction

• Material studied, area descriptions, methods, techniques

• Results

• Discussion

• Conclusion

• Acknowledgments and any additional information concerning research grants, etc.

• References

• Tables

• Figure captions

• Figures (separate file(s)).

Language: The language of publication is English. Authors for whom English is a second language must have their manuscript professionally edited by an English speaking person before submission to make sure the English is of high quality.

Abbreviations, Symbols and Nomenclature: All specifications must be stated according to the S.I. system. Concentrations of chemical solutions are to be given in mol/l. All other concentrations should be given in % (volume or weight).

Any abbreviations of chemical, biological, medical or other terms should only be employed when it is certain that they are internationally known. The full name must be stated in brackets when the abbreviation is first used.

All biological, medical, chemical or other terms should be used according to the most recent recommendations of the respective international nomenclature. Enzymes should be given in I.U. (International Units), according to Enzyme Nomenclature (Elsevier Publishing Co., 1965). In the case of commercially obtained substances or reagents, when they are first mentioned in the text, the name and address of the manufacturer or supplier should be given as a footnote. Products (preparations etc.) with a registered trademark should be marked with ®.

Bacterial names should be in accordance with the latest edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore). Viruses are to be given the classification and names recommended by the International Committee on the Nomenclature of Viruses.

Names of micro-organisms and zoological names will be printed in italics and should be underlined in the manuscript.

Figures / Graphs

The manuscript comprises the text and a list of all figures and tables with their captions and titles in a separate file. We ask that you convey the essential information within the first 60 characters of the captions to accommodate the online edition. Each figure, table, and bibliographic entry must have a reference in the text. All figures/graphs etc. must be in JPG format.

References

Each paper should include bibliographical references. The name of the journal in which the paper cited appears should be listed in the form of the abbreviated title from the cover of the journal concerned, otherwise use the abbreviations contained in a Bibliographic Guide for Editors & Authors from Chemical Abstracts, which is available in all major libraries, or the World List of Scientific Periodicals, 4th ed., London 1963-65. Anonymous contributions should be placed at the beginning of the list of references. The list of references should be in alphabetical order of first authors' names. Name of the journal must be in Italic letter.

Please ensure that references in the text exactly match those in the manuscript's reference list. If editing sections of text please ensure that any references that are affected are amended accordingly in the reference list. Reference to personal communications and unpublished results should be in the text only.

Examples: Maheshwari M., Nelapati K., Bindu B. (2011). Vibrio cholerae - A Review, Vet. World, 4(9): 423-428

Sani N. A., Oladele S. B., Raji M. A., Ibrahim D. G. (2011). Seroprevalence of Avian Leukosis Virus Antigen Using ELISA Technique in Exotic Broilers and Nigerian Local Chickens in Zaria, Nigeria, Vet. World, 4(8): 345-348

Albert, J. and Morris, J.G. (1999). Cholera and other vibrios. In: Strictland, G.T., editor. Hunters Tropical Medicine. 8th edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, W.B. 323- 334.

Garate- Lizarranga, I., Bustillos- Guzman, J.J., Lopez- Cortes, D.J., Hernandez-Sandoval, F., Erler, K. and Luckas, B. (2006). Paralytic shellfish toxin profiles in netphyto- plankton samples from bahia. concepcion, gulf of California, Mexico. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 52: 800- 806. DOI:10.1016/j. marpolbul. 2006. 03. 003.

Gholami, P., Lew, S.Q. and Klontz K.C. (1998). Raw shellfish consumption among renal disease patients. A risk factor for severe Vibrio vulnificus infection. Am. J. Prev. Med.,15:243-245.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/9791643.

Lin, W., Fullner, K.J., Clayton, R., Sexton, J.A., Rogers, M.B., Calia, K.E., Calderwood, S.B., Fraser, C. and Mekalanos, J.J.(1999). Identification of a Vibrio cholerae RTX toxin gene cluster that is tightly linked to the cholera toxin prophage. Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 96: 1071- 1076.

References in the text should be given by placing in parenthesis the no. from References list (e.g.: 1, 2...)

The editor and publisher recommend that citation of online published papers and other material should be done via a DOI (digital object identifier), which all reputable online published material should have - see www.doi.org/ for more information. If an author cites anything which does not have a DOI they run the risk of the cited material not being traceable.

AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Upon provisional acceptance of a paper for publication, corresponding author will receive the email regarding payment of subscription and publication charges of Rs.600 (please refer subscription link for current year subscription, charges of preceding year will be available in August of the current year). All charges are compulsory and to be made within 10 days. However all charges are optional for foreign contributors. (We will not provide the author copy/complementary copy to any Foreign author. Foreign author must have to purchase the copy as per need).

Acceptance will be final after the payment of all charges.

Proof Corrections
The corresponding author will receive an e-mail containing PDF. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format).

Proofs must be returned to the Editor within ten days of receipt with corrections if any. If there is no correction then corresponding author must have to reply accordingly.

We ask that you only correct typesetting errors and grammatical errors if any. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately. Please note that the author is responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made.

Online First (Publication Prior to Print)

Veterinary World Online First articles are completely free full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. Online First articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. We do assign DOI to each newly published article.