In frame of the respect to ethical principles, Harran University Journal of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine makes preliminary evaluations of all articles and case reports for plagiarism by using the program "ithenticate" made available by TUBITAK ULAKBIM to all universities. Therefore similarity index of the articles, case reports or reviews should not exceed 15% (Turkish abstract, abstract andreferences are excluded). When the similarity index detected via "ithenticate" program exceeds 15%, the articles case reports or reviews sent to our journal for publishing will not be further evaluated and returned to the author.