Current Veterinary Science (Curr Vet Sci) is an international, scientific, open-access periodical published in accordance with the principles of independent, objective and double-blind peer review. The journal is the official publication of Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and is published twice a year, in June and December. The publication language of the journal is English. It is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for the publication of original research articles (full-length), short communications, case reports, letters to the editor and reviews in English on all aspects of the veterinary and animal sciences.

EDITORIAL BOARD

OFFICIAL OWNER
Dr. Zafer BULUT, Prof., Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Dr. Semih ALTAN, Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye

CO-EDITORS
Dr. Duygu KAYA, Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Ender DİNÇER, Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Bülent BÜLBÜL, Assoc. Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye

ETHICS EDITOR:
Dr. Ali YİĞİT, Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye

LANGUAGE EDITORS

Dr. Mehmet Ali BAL, Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Orhan YAVUZ, Assoc. Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye

TECHNICAL EDITOR:
Dr. Mustafa Yiğit NİZAM, Res. Assist.- Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT:

Muhamed Baver ALPAR, Res. Assist., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye,
Nimet ÖRÜNDÜ, Res. Assist., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Metehan SANCAR, Res. Assist., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Mücahid Abdullah ŞİMŞEK, Res. Assist., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye,

ADVISORY BOARDS (SECTION EDITORS)

Dr. Arzu FINDIK, Prof., Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Aşkın YAŞAR, Prof., Selçuk University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Aykut GRAM, Assoc. Prof., Erciyes University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Banu YARDIMCI, Prof., Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Barbara CUNIBERTI, DVM, PhD, ECVAA, Dick White Referrals, UK
Dr. Bruno PEİRONE, Prof., University of Turin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Italy
Dr. Cenk YARDIMCI, Prof., Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Cristina VERCELLİ, Prof., ECVPT Resident, University of Turin Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Italy
Dr. Fatih BÜYÜK, Prof., Kafkas University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Feray ALTAN, Assoc. Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Hakan SAĞSÖZ, Prof., Dicle University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Hıdır GENÇOĞLU, Prof., Uludağ University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Mahmut SÖZMEN, Prof., Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Masahito OBA, Prof., University of Alberta, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci, Canada
Dr. Mehmet CENGİZ, Prof., Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Mehmet Özkan TİMURKAN, Prof., Atatürk University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Nihat TOPLU, Prof., Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Oya BULUT, Prof., Selçuk University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Sabine SCHAEFER-SOMI, Prof., University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Dr. Saeed EL-ASHRAM, Prof., Foshan University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Egpyt
Dr. Selim ASLAN, Prof., Near East University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, KKTC
Dr. Serkan ERDOĞAN, Prof., Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Ümüt CİRİT, Prof., Çukurova University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye
Dr. Yasin DEMİRASLAN, Prof., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Turkiye