SCOPE

The Editorial Board of the Nigerian Veterinary Journal welcomes original scientific contributions and review articles of research, case reports, scientific letters which should cover past and recent developments in various areas of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production. Reports of important activities at the Branch/Chapter of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) are also within the scope of the Journal.

FORMAT FOR ARTICLES

Title Page: The first page of each paper should indicate the full title written in capital letters, the author’s name (in capital letters) and the institution where the work was conducted.

Key Words and running title: Key words should not exceed five and running title should not exceed eight words.

Summary: Each paper should have at the beginning, a concise summary giving a synopsis of the findings presented and the conclusions reached.

Short Communication: Should not exceed four typed pages, with the “Introduction” and “Materials and Methods” combined; and “Result” also combined with “Discussion”. There should be as few references as possible.

Tables: Each table must be on separate page, and the following points should be noted: The word “TABLE” should be in Capital with the actual number in Roman numerals and centrally placed e.g. TABLE III. All letters in the title except the first should be small. Tables should be drawn with as few lines as possible.

Figures and illustrations: Legends to illustrations numbered in Arabic numerals should be typed on a separate sheet. Good drawings, done with black ink and original black and white photographs only are acceptable. Colour illustrations are reproduced at the author’s expense. On the back of each illustration, indicate its number, and senior author’s name. Indicate the top of each illustration with pencil-drawn arrow.

References: Citing of references in the manuscript should be by first author’s name with the year in bracket (e.g. Ahmed, 1988) or Ahmed (1988). Where there are more than two authors, the first author’s name should be followed by the suffix et al (Ahmed et al., 1988). A list of only references cited in the paper should be arranged alphabetically (by author'’ names and year) and in this order;

• All authors’ surnames followed by initials must be capitalized.

• Next is the year of publication in bracket.

• The title of the publication cited, written in small litters except the first letter. When books and thesis are cited, the first letter of every key work is capitalized. The standard abbreviated form of the journal in which the paper appears should come last along with the volume number followed by a colon, and the first and last pages of the reference article.

Example:

ISOUN, T.T. and MANN, E.D. (1972): Stomatitis and pneumoenteritis complex of sheep in Nigeria. Bull. Epizoot. Dis. Afr. 20: 21-30.

SNEDECOR, G.W. and COCKRAN, W.G.(1976): Statistical Methods. 6^th Ed. Iowa State University Press. Iowa; 3-9.

FINGL, E, WOODSBURY, D.M.P. (1975): Chloramphenicol. In: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics 5^th Ed. L. S. Goodman and A. Gilman, Eds. Macmillan Co: New York: 1194-1200.

PAGE CHARGE

A page charge of N800.00 (Eight Hundred Naira)/US $20 per typed page is levied

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, the copyright of the paper shall be assigned to the Nigerian Veterinary Journal. However, the Nigerian Veterinary Journal will not put any limitation on the personal freedom of the author to use material contained in the paper in any other works which may be published.

PROOFS

One set of proofs may be sent to the author to be checked for printer’s errors only and should be returned with the least possible delay.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

The annual subscription rates including postage (surface mail) and handling are:

Institutions: N2.000.00/$100

Individuals: N 500.00/$25

BACK VOLUMES

Back issues are obtainable upon request at prevailing charges

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Two printed copies of article and saved in a 3.5” HD diskette Word or Word Perfect format should be sent along with one thousand naira processing fees to:

The Editor-in-Chief
Nigerian Veterinary Journal
C/o Dr. S.V.O.SHOYINKA
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DEPT. OF VET. PATH. & MICROBIOL. UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
NSUKKA

Manuscripts may also be submitted as attached files to: [email protected] 

Manuscript should be in clear concise English typeset in double line spacing on one side of A4 paper. Italicized works should not be underlined. Items should be listed by Roman numerals.

Further information about the journal can be obtained from the web address: http://www.inasp.info/ajol/journals.html  

ADVERTISEMENT RATES

(For the two publications in a calendar year).

Back page: N 25, 000.00
Inner Back: N 15, 000.00
Inner Front; N 20, 000.00
Full Inside page: N 10, 000.00
Half Inside page: N6, 000.00