Veterinary Journal of Kastamonu University

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.

Writing Rules

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.
Prepare your manuscript and title page by taking into account the templates presented in the journal as word files.
Click here: Title Page

Click here: Research Article

Click here: Case Description

1. Preparing the title page:
The title, 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, financial support, ethical statement, conflict of ınterest, acknowledgements, reference, tables and figures. Including the full text, should not overreached 20 pages. Reference number should not overreach 60. Abstract should be limited with 300 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 300 words) and rest of sections should be followed sequentially introduction, case description, discussion, conclusion, financial support, ethical statement, conflict of ınterest, acknowledgements, 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, financial support, conflict of ınterest, acknowledgements, references, tables and figures. The length of the text should not be exceeded 25 pages in all.

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 & Risvanli, 2021) or Safak & 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).
For proceedings:
Yilmaz, O., Risvanli, A., Safak, T., Yuksel, B., Saat, N., & Tanyeri B. (2022): Electrical teat dipping. 87-88. In: Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the roceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction (ESDAR). 28. September - 2. October 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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 & Risvanli, 2020) or Safak & Risvanli (2020) suggested that…
Safak, T., & Risvanli, A. (2020). Meme sağlığı üzerine virüslerin etkileri. In: İ.H. Nur. (Ed.), Veteriner hekimlikte güncel yaklaşımlar (1st ed., pp.55-70). Akademisyen Kitabevi.
For thesis:
Safak T (2021): İneklerde subklinik mastitislere sebep olan bakteri türüne göre sütteki TH1/TH2 sitokin dengesinin belirlenmesi. Doktora Tezi. Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Elazığ.
For internet site:
Bologna, C. (2023): Flokülasyona hız gradyanı etkisi. Available at http://www.server.com/projects/paper2.html. (Accessed May 20, 2023).
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 and tables 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. Also, figures must be uploaded in the required format as a separate file. 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.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

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.

Ethical Principles

An approval of research protocols by the Ethics Committee in accordance with international agreements is required for experimental, clinical, and drug studies. If required, ethics committee reports or an equivalent official document will be requested from the authors.