Veterinary Journal of Kastamonu University

Aims of the journal is to publish the original article, review, letter to the editor and case report related to veterinary medicine.

Veterinary Journal of Kastamonu University is a media of Kastamonu University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Veterinary Journal of Kastamonu University which is scientific, peer-reviewed and open access journal, is published periodically twice in a year in June and December. 

Entire content of the article (including footnote, references, figure and tables) should be prepared according to the stated features: 12 point Times New Roman, double spacing, all borders 2.5 cm margins, sequential line numbering and A4 page size.
1. Preparing the title page
The title, short title (the title of your article should have a short version and not overreach 50 characters), all authors’ name, institutive address, ORCID information of researchers should be written. In addition, corresponding author’s e-mail information should be on the title page.
This page should be sent in a Word documents as distinguished from the main text.
2. Preparing the text
Original (Full text) articles:
The original scientific articles based on the adequate scientific research, observation and experiments. The articles should contain title, abstract and key words, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion, reference, tables and figures. Including the full text, should not overreached 20 pages. Reference number should not overreach 60. Abstract should be limited with 200 words.
Case Reports:
It represents rare important findings encountered in practice, clinical and laboratory in related fields. The title and abstract of these articles should be in the format as full text articles (however, abstract should not be exceed 250 words) and rest of sections should be followed sequentially introduction, case description, discussion, conclusion, references, tables and figures. The number of references should not be exceeded 15 and the length of the text should not overreach 7 pages in all.
The letter to the editor:
They are short and illustrated documented presentations with the topics that have scientific or practical benefits or interesting cases. The length of the text should not be exceeded 3 pages totally. The tables and figures are included in the number of pages.
Review:
They are original text that gathers the literatures about the current and important topics, and the comments and findings of the authors (It is essential that the authors should have international scientific papers about the topic). The title and abstract of the reviews should be designed as stated for full text articles, and the rest of sections should be followed sequentially introduction, text (with appropriate titles), conclusion, references, tables and figures. The length of the text should not be exceeded 25 pages in all.
Abstract:
The abstract should be written in one section with not exceed 250 words.
Key Words:
The numbers of key words should be limited between 3 and 6.
Introduction:
It should contain literature survey related to the study. The aims and hypothesis of the study should be stated in the last paragraph of introduction section.
Materials and Methods:
It should be short, distinct and purged from the unnecessary details. The studies based on the animal experiments should contain ethics committee approval in the materials and methods section. Type of research (e.g. descriptive, observation, experimental, case-control, follow-up) should be stated. Statistical analysis and software applications should be indicated. The Subtitles should be written in italic and bold in the paragraph indentation.
Results:
The result sections should be shortly clarified. The information stated for tables or figures should not be repeated in the text. The subtitles should be written in italic and bold in the paragraph indentation.
The abbreviations, symbols and units:
The abbreviations should be put in parentheses next to the word/words that written first time and thereafter should be used as abbreviated in the text. For instances; California Mastitis Test (CMT). It should not be used as abbreviated at the beginning of the sentence. The countss and numerals should be lettering at the beginning of the sentence.
Latin genus and species nouns:
It should be indicated in italic font. All measurements should be stated in order to the Systeme Internationale (SI) units.
Discussion:
It should contain the comments of the results of the studies indicated in the references and present study.
Conclusion:
This section should indicate the main results of the study. The results should not be repeated.
Acknowledgement:
It should be stated that if the study was derived from a doctoral or postgraduate thesis or presented in any scientific meeting in the acknowledgement section.
Financial Support:
The financial support for conduction of research should be stated. If there is no any source/sources of finance incorporated, it should be stated as “This study did not receive a grant by any financial institution/sector”.
Ethics Statement:
This study was confirmed by XXXX University Aniamal Experiments Local Ethics Committee (XXX).
Conflict of Interest:
Please report the details of the all known states along with the potential bias in the study. If there is no any conflict of interest between the authors, it should be stated as “The authors have declared that there is no conflict of interest”.
References:
This journal uses the referencing style in accordance of Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition). The APA format (author, date) uses for the references cited in the text either. Your reference list should be listed alphabetically in accordance to the author’s name and thereafter chronologically. The author(s) is responsible for the correctness of the references. The references should contain only published or accepted articles. Personal communications, unpublished data or materials (e.g. project final reports, personal websites, computer program and haven’t accepted texts) should not be added as reference. If the book contains a DOI number, the DOI should be added following the publisher’s name in the reference. If the article of a journal has DOI, should be added to the reference. If possible, the articles sent to the journal should be restricted with 60 reference for research article, with 15 references for case reports.

Instances of references to be used in the text are given below.

Journal Article
Single author
In text citation: (Yovchev, 2021) or Yovchev (2021) has reported that ……
Yovchev, D. (2021). Histological and histometric study of the small intestine in Stara Zagora white turkey in age aspect. Veterinary Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, 6(3), 143-147. https://doi.org/10.24880/maeuvfd.978101
Two authors
In text citation: (Safak and Risvanli, 2021) or Safak and Risvanli (2021) have found that
Safak, T., & Risvanli, A. (2021). Changes in somatic cell count, composition and cytokine levels in milk from cows with mastitis due to mixed infections. Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 49, 1-6. https://doi.org/ 10.22456/1679-9216.117149
More than three authors
In text citation: (Safak et al., 2021) or Safak et al. (2021) have reported that….
Safak, T., Yilmaz, Ö., Ercan, K., Yüksel, B. F., & Ocal, H. (2021). A case of vaginal hyperplasia occurred the last trimester of pregnancy in a Kangal bitch. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 68, 307-310. https://doi.org/10.33988/auvfd.764656

All the authors in the article should be listed.
Books
In text citation: (Alaçam, 2008) or Alaçam (2008) suggested that…
Alaçam, E. (2008). Köpek ve Kedilerde Üreme Süreci ve Sorunları. Medisan.
Book Chapter
In text citation: (Safak and Risvanli, 2020) or Safak and Risvanli (2020) suggested that…
Safak, T., & Risvanli, A. (2020). Meme sağlığı üzerine virüslerin etkileri. In: Nur İH. (Ed.), Veteriner Hekimlikte Güncel Yaklaşımlar (pp.55-70). Akademisyen Kitabevi.
Internet site
In text citation: (Bologna, 2019) or Bologna (2019) showed that…
Bologna, C. (2019, October 31). Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies. HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e
The related website should be used as manual for the reference formats that not stated here: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/

Tables and Figures
All the tables and figures should be consecutively enumerated as cited throughout the text. Please begin with the upper case and look at the unabbreviated tables and figures (not like e.g. “as shown in Figure 2…” and “Figure 2” or “figure 2”). All the tables and figures should have a caption and/or explanation and should be enumerated (e.g. Table 1, Figure 2), in case of the one table or figures usage, it should be labeled as “Table” or “Figure” without enumerated. The article should contain maximum 5 tables. Caption of the table should be on the top of the table, explanations of the table and abbreviations should be given beneath the table. The tables should be self-explanatory instead of repetitive in the text. All the art pieces, figures, pictures, illustrations, graphics, photographs, drawings and diagrams should be labeled as Figure. During the delivery, all the figures should be presented following the references section in the text. All the figures should be sent at least 300 dpi and 1200x960 pixel resolution, TIFF or JPEG formats. Even if the authors have quoted from the former studies, they should get written permission from the respective publishers to reproduce any images from other sources. The footnotes should be written in succinctly, used staining/method and original magnification should be stated in the footnotes. The symbols used in the figures and abbreviations should be defined. Explanation and footnote font should be same as the type font used in the figure and figures. Figures should not contain any explanations or captions. Explanations of the figures should be added to the end the main text, each one on a separate page. You should be sure that all the figure and table citations in the text match the files provided.

The writings should not be published in any electronic or published media and not be presented to any other journal for evaluating (excluding abstract). The writing that has been presented in any scientific meeting, must be submitted with detailed information about the organization including name of organization, date and place. The responsibility for “ethics committee approval” of the study submitted to the journal belongs to the authors. A copy of the ethics committee approval of the study conducted on animals should be sent to the journal. Nonetheless, editor reserves the right to demand of ethics committee approval from the authors when it is required.

There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for publication in ‘Veterinary Journal of Kastamonu University’.