The University of Bahri Journal of Veterinary Sciences (UBJVS) is open access, peer-reviewed publication in the field of veterinary sciences. It is designed to publish all matters about animal health and production including original research articles, review articles, research notes, clinical cases, short communications, letters to the editors, case reports, abstracts and proceedings of seminars, workshops and conferences. Scientific gatherings will also be considered for publication. 

The University of Bahri Journal of Veterinary Sciences publishes only original manuscripts that have not been previously published, nor they are before another journal for consideration.

Manuscript submission

Before submission, ensure that all submitted content adheres to the journal guidelines. All submitted manuscripts must be written in the English language. The submissions must be made electronically through the UBJVS website: http://journal.bahri.edu.sd/index.php/ubjvs/index

Plagiarism 

There is a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism in our journals. To ensure the content originality, manuscripts are screened for plagiarism before, during, and after publication. They will be rejected at any stage of processing if plagiarism is evident.

Ethical Approval 

Experimental research involving humans or animals should have been approved by the author's institutional review board or ethics committee. This information should be mentioned in the manuscript including the name of the board/committee that approved it.

Authorship

 All authors who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors have approved the manuscript and are in agreement with its content before submission. Author(s) will be informed in due time whether their manuscripts have been accepted for publication or not. No changes to the authorship including addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names are possible after acceptance of the manuscript. 

Manuscript file

The manuscript file should include all figures and tables to become one single file for submission in Microsoft Word. The manuscript must not exceed 7500 words typed in a single space on A4 size (21 × 29.7 cm) white paper. The top, bottom, left, and right margins of the paper should be 2 cm. The font should be Times New Roman of size 12 including tables, footnotes, and figure legends. To facilitate reviewing process, the entire manuscript must contain page and line numbers.

Manuscripts will not be admitted to the peer-review process until they are fully compliant with the style of the journal and are written with correct English grammar and syntax. Authors are advised to adhere strictly to the instructions and refer to the most recent editions of the journal.

 Revisions 

Manuscripts with significant results are typically reviewed and published at the highest priority. Authors should submit back their revisions within 3 weeks in the case of minor revision, and 4 weeks in the case of major revision. 

Archiving

The UBJVS is fully open-access with articles freely available on the journal website. 

Manuscript format

All manuscripts should include the following sections:

- Title page

- Abstract

- Keywords

- Main text

- Acknowledgements (optional)

- Competing interests

- References

- Tables

- Figures

Title page

The title page should include the followings:

-        Title of the manuscript: It should be clear and descriptive. Only the first word and proper nouns should be capitalized.

-        Authors: The full names of authors, and complete and precise institutional affiliation(s). Superscripts (1,2,3) should be used in the case where several authors and institutions are listed. The department, position, and institution of each author should be clearly stated. The superscript (*) should be appended to the corresponding author. 

-        Corresponding author: In separate paragraphs, the name of the corresponding author, institutional affiliation, position, address (city, zip code, and country), telephone number, and e-mail address, should be given.

ABSTRACT  

It should stand as an independent entity of a maximum of 300 words. It should give a summary of the paper: a brief report of the objective(s), the material and methods (or methodology), the principal results, the principal conclusion(s), and their significance. The abstract should not contain citations to references, any images, or math equations. 

KEYWORDS: Submit 3 to 5 keywords that should be listed alphabetically and separated by commas. It is recommended that keywords do not replicate the words used in the title.

Main Text

Subheadings: For research articles, subdivide the main text into Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. Results, discussion, and conclusion. do not add Subheadings. Up to three levels of subheadings may be present. Use capital letters for level one, bold and italic for level two, and italic for level three.

INTRODUCTION

The introduction section should be precise and describe the importance of the work, the problem, and how to solve it from similar cases cited in the literature. It should be written in a way that is accessible to researchers without specialist knowledge of the area, and must clearly state the objective of the study.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

It is essential that the description of the materials and methods be concise but of sufficient detail for repetition by other qualified investigators. It Should describe what has been done on the experiments, treatments, replications, statistical design, what parameters were followed or determined, and when they were determined.

RESULTS

Provide a concise and precise description of the experimental results. It should include tables, figures, graphs, etc, in separate sheets and indicate their location in the text. Each Should have a number, and a title.

DISCUSSIONS

Results should be evaluated and discussed broadly and how they can be interpreted from the perspective of the available information in the literature. Suggestions for future research may also be indicated. The discussion section must not contain extensive repetition of the results section or reiteration of the introduction.

CONCLUSIONS

This single short paragraph should consist of a short integration of results that refer directly to the stated aims of the experiment and a statement on the practical implications of the results. Do not summarise the discussion here.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All persons who do not qualify as authors should be acknowledged and their particular contributions described. All sources of funding for the reported work must be acknowledged by all the authors. Both the research funder and the grant number (if applicable) should be given for each funding source.

COMPETING INTERESTS

Competing interests (including but not limited to financial holdings, professional affiliations, advisory positions, and board memberships) of any of the authors must be stated. When authors have no competing interests use the statement “Authors declare that they have no competing interests”.

REFERENCES

Authors should pay careful attention to the required reference formatting. References should be listed alphabetically, starting with the family name and the initials. Then comes the year of publication, title, number, and volume of the journal (the number of the edition and the publisher in the case of books) and the pages. If the article is written by one author, it is cited (Elhassan, 2019) in the text. If written by two or more authors, it must be cited (Elhassan and Ali, 2019) and (Elhassan et al., 2003), respectively.

Journal Article 

[Author surname] [Author initials], [Other author surnames & initials] [Year]. [Article title]. [Journal name abbreviation]. [Volume][Issue(if any)]: [First page number]-[Last page number]. 

Example:

 Khan M.O., Zahoor Q., Jahangir M. and Ashraf Mirza M. (2004). Prevalence of blood parasites in cattle and buffaloes. Pakistan Vet. J., 24(4): 193- 195.

If there are more than six authors, list the first six authors, followed by et al.Book:

[Author surname] [Author initials], [Other author surnames & initials] [Year]. [Book title]. [Edition] ed. [Place published]: [Publisher].

Example:

Kiloh L.G., Smith J.S., Johnson G.F., et al (1988). Physical treatment in psychiatry. Boston, USA: Blackwell Scientific Publisher.

Chapter in Edited Book:

[Author surname] [Author initials], [Other author surnames & initials] [Year]. [Chapter title]. In: [Editor surname] [Editor initials], (Ed.) [Book title]. [Edition] ed. [Place published]: [Publisher].

Example:

 Beckenbough R.D., Linscheid R.L. (1988). Arthroplasty in the hand and wrist. In: Green D.P. (Ed.). Operative Hand Surgery, 2nd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone.

• We strongly discourage any mentioning or citing web links/URLs in your manuscript.

Tables and figures 

Tables and figures should be provided in separate sheets from the text. Duplication of data in tables, figures, and text must be avoided. All tables and figures included in the manuscript must be cited in the main text. 

Tables should be in portrait layout and single-spaced typewritten (DO NOT insert tables as images). Each table should include a title (above the table) that summarizes it in 20 words at most. Tables should be numbered and cited in sequence (Table 1, 2, 3 …etc.). Table footnotes should be typed in superscripts (a, b) below the table. Tables should be kept to a minimum and created in Word format and left-to-right direction.

Figures should clarify the text. The selection of sharp, high-quality figures is of utmost importance. Resolutions for photo images should be at least 300 dpi. Each submitted figure should be concise and should not repeat the text.

Include a legend below each figure. Legends should be numbered consecutively using the format: Figure 1, Figure 2, etc. Parts of figures can be identified by A, B, C, D, etc., and cited as Figure 1A, Figure 1A-B, etc. If a figure has more than one part, describe each part clearly. Any letter designations or arrows appearing on the figures should be identified and described fully. Abbreviations used in each figure should be defined in the legend in alphabetical order.

It is not necessary to follow the previous instruction in the followings:

- Review articles

- Research notes

- Clinical cases

- Short communication

- Letter to the editors

- Case reports

- Abstracts and proceedings of seminars, workshops, and conferences