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Tropical Veterinarian

TROPICAL VETERINARIAN welcomes original work on all aspects of veterinary science as practiced in the tropics, including livestock production and management, animal disease (domestic and wild), various aspects of preventive medicine and public health and basic and applied research in these areas. Case reports and review articles will be entertained.

Submission: Only original papers written in English are considered and should be sent to:

The Editor-In-Chief.
TROPICAL VETERINARIAN
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Ibadan
Ibadan (Nigeria)

Fax: 02-8103043

E-Mail: [email protected]

Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate (with three sets of illustrations of which one is an original), typewritten double spaced on one side of the paper, with a wide margin. Manuscripts should also be submitted in computer diskettes.

Conditions: All manuscripts are subject to editorial review. Manuscripts are received with the explicit understanding that they are not under simultaneous consideration by any other publication. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce illustrations, tables etc, from publications. Accepted papers become the permanent property of Tropical Veterinarian and may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the written consent of both the author and the publisher.

Title page: The first page of each paper should indicate the title (main title underlined), the author’s name(s), and the institute where the work was conducted. A short title for use as running head is also required.

Key Words: For indexing purposes, a list of 3-10 key words in English is essential..

Abstract: Each paper needs an abstract of up to 10 lines.

Footnotes: Avoid footnotes. When essential, they are numbered consecutively and typed at the foot of the appropriate page.

Tables and Illustrations: Tables (numbered in Roman numerals) should be prepared on separate sheets and should have a heading. Legends to illustrations (numbered in Arabic numerals) should be listed on a separate sheet. For the reproduction of illustrations only good drawings and original photographs can be accepted: negatives or photocopies cannot to used. When possible, group several illustrations on the block for reproduction (max. size 140 x 188 mm) or provide crop marks. On the back of each illustration indicate its number, the author’s name, and ‘top’. Colour illustrations are reproduced at the author’s expense.

References: The list of references should include only those publications, which are cited in the text. References should be arranged alphabetically (citation by name and years).

1. Paper published in periodicals: I. All authors’ surnames (et al is not sufficient) with initials of first names. 2. Full title of paper. 3. Journal abbreviations. 4. Volume (in Arabic numerals, and followed by a colon). 5. First and last page. 6. Year of publication in brackets. Example: Macintosh, J., Hansen, P., Ziegler, J., Penny, R., Defective immune and phagocytic functions in uraemia and renal transplantation. Nig. J. Vet. Med. Assoc. 5:29-40 (1979).
2. Books: 1. Authors’ surnames with initials of first names. 2. Full title. 3. In brackets, name and domicile of publisher and year of publication. Example: Pollack, R.S. Tumor surgery of the head and neck (Karger, Basel. 1975).

Full Address: The exact postal address complete with postal code of the senior author must be given. If correspondence is handled by someone else, indicate this accordingly.

Page Charge: A page charge of N200.00 or US$ 10.00 per manuscript page or N250.00 (US$ 15.00) per printed page is levied.

Galley Proofs: Unless indicated otherwise, galley proofs are sent to the first-named author and should be returned with the least possible delay. Alterations made in galley proofs, other than the correction of printer’s errors, are charged to the author. No page proofs are supplied.

Reprints: Fifteen (15) reprints of each article are supplied free of charge. Additional reprints are changed at the rate of N250.00 (US$ 15.00) per page or article and must have been ordered and paid for at the proof