Vet Integr Sci. Veterinary Integrative Sciences. Web site; Guide for Authors

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1 Guide for Authors for Vet Integr Sci, Vet Integr Sci Veterinary Integrative Sciences Web site; Guide for Authors Veterinary Integrative Sciences (Vet Integr Sci) was established since For the 15 years, we published science journal articles under the Chiang Mai Veterinary Journal before changing to an electronic title issuing in the year 2018 with free open access (volume 16, number 1) as the Chiang Mai Veterinary Journal (ISSN-print is and ISSN-online is ) 2018-presently, the Veterinary Integrative Sciences, since volume 16, number 2 and onwards (ISSN ). Thank you for your interest in Veterinary Integrative Sciences. Note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting on the symposium. Once you have prepared your submission in accordance with the Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at For help with submissions, please contact: cmuvetj@gmail.com We look forward to your submission. Scope Veterinary Integrative Sciences is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Aims to be a publisher of a wide range of high quality academic journals such as research articles, review articles, short communication, and case report in the field of veterinary, animal science and technology, including biology, physiology, anatomy&histology, microbiology, pathology, nutrition, genetics, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, biological science, basic science, one health and veterinary education. Articles that are published under our journal are double-blind peer reviewed by at least two experts. The opinions of each author might not be agreed upon by the editorial board. Online Publication Frequency

2 Guide for Authors for Vet Integr Sci, Veterinary Integrative Sciences will end paper publication and will be published online only for prompt publication. Annually, the Journal publishes three issues: the 1st issue during January-April, the 2 nd issue during May-August, and the 3 rd during September-December. Accepted article did not assignissues issue yet, will publish as Online first. Peer review process Articles that are published under our journal are double-blind peer reviewed by at least two experts. Manuscript Format Research articles is a report of original research which has never been published by any publisher before. The article is composed of an introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and conclusion. Review articles is an academic article that presents issues of interests or is academically useful. Short communications is a concise study report due to the limits of the study but is complete in terms of content. The format is similar to the original thesis, but is a brief report instead. Case reports is a report of a rare case of ill animals that are thoroughly diagnosed. The topics include introduction, clinical history and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, discussion, and conclusion. The case presentation is different from that in textbooks. Manuscript Preparation The Veterinary Integrative Sciences welcome English articles. English manuscripts must be Times New Roman font of 12-point type should be used along with double spacing between lines, line numbering continually along the manuscripts. English articles from corresponding author does not belong to the English native speaker, author must be send a document to confirm that article was proofed by an English native speaker or authorized organization. Submission files of all the four types of manuscripts must compose of four separate files: Cover letter file, Title page file, Main manuscript file and Figure file(s). Cover letter

3 Guide for Authors for Vet Integr Sci, Cover letter from the corresponding author, assuring that the article has never been published before and also not in consideration of other publishers. In the cover letter, the author has to suggest a list of potential reviewers (at least 3 reviewers) with their names, company/organization, and address for the editorial board s consideration. The list of reviewers must not be shown in the submitted manuscript. Title Page Title page is composed of the followings. 1. Title of the article in English. 2. Name of author(s) and corresponding author in English. 3. List of addresses of all authors. 4. Acknowledgements and Author contribution section Authors name First names (or first initials in combination with full middle names) Middle names (or initials, if used) Last names (surname, family name) Affiliations (indicate multiple affiliations, or current addresses where appropriate) Department, university, or organizational affiliation Location: city, state/province (if applicable)/poscost Country Corresponding Author First and Last name Tellophone number, Fax number (if applicable) address Main Manuscript Main manuscript will be sent to reviewers and will not show name and address of all the author(s). It is composed of the followings. 1. Title in English language. 2. Abstract in English language, Research article and a Review article should not exceed 250 words. Abstract of Short communication and Case report should not exceed 200 words. 3. Keywords of 3-5 words must be listed below the abstract in English language. 4. Content

4 Guide for Authors for Vet Integr Sci, Research articles and Short communication should comprise of the topics respectively as follows: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion, conflict of interest, references, table and figure legends. If there is any mathematical equation, Microsoft equation editor or Math Type software should be employed. 5. Figures and tables should be listed at the end of the article. 6. If animals were used in the study, permission to use animals for scientific study from the Animal Ethics Committee must be identified. The organization of the Committee, the date of the permit, and license number (if available) must be mentioned under the topic of Materials and Method. Figure 1. Figure tile, captions and information in figures must be in English only. Use Figure 1 XXXX for figure tile and used (e.g. Fig. 1) or..as shown in figure 1. in the text. 2. Figure legend should be listed at the end of manuscript following table. 3. Figures should be in TIFF or JPEG format and each figure submitted separately. The file s name should be figure_1.jpg, figure_2.jpg. 4. CMYK format for color figures and the resolution of the figures should be higher, but size should not larger than 2 MB. 300 DPI/PPI for picture-only (without text of any kind) figure files 600 DPI/PPI for figures containing pictures and lie elements (i.e., text labels, thin lines, arrows, etc.) 1200 DPI/PPI for black and white images such as line drawings, graphs, or charts 5. Order and format of the figures should be in order as they appear in the content. 6. If figures display scale, scale bar must be accompanied. 7. The panels of each multi-part figure should be arranged however the figure is intended to be published and saved in a single file. Each part should be labeled with an uppercase letter for each figure part (e.g. Fig. 1C) and a single number for the whole figure group. 8. The author must show document(s) giving permission to use licensed figure(s). Accepted and preferred file formats Use the original file format and image size Figures whenever possible. PDF Vector images JPG (preferred) (e.g. charts, diagrams): PNG TIF Raster/bitmap images (e.g. drawings, screenshots): PNG JPEG (preferred) PDF TIF (preferred)

5 Guide for Authors for Vet Integr Sci, Table 1. Table can embed in main manuscript after References section. 2. Table should create using function Table in Microsoft word. Please, do not use excel of insert table as figure. 3. Accepted and preferred file formats for table is Microsoft word. 4. Table caption and content in the tables must be in English only. 5. Numbers and table captions must be above tables. 6. Place footnotes below the table; these may be used to explain abbreviations. 7. Include units in column and row headings, in parentheses. 8. Tables must fit in a single 21.6 x 28 cm page with 2.5 cm margins. 9. Vertical table lines should be avoided; horizontal lines should be used to separate topics from content. Sample figure Figure 1 The necropsy results of piglets at different ages; 3-day old and 10-day-old piglets, (A); 250 normal 3-day-old piglet, (B); 3-day-old PEDV-infected piglet, (C); normal 10-dayold piglet, (D); 10-day-old PEDV-infected piglet. The 3-day-old piglet infected with PEDV shows thin intestinal wall (B, arrow). Intestinal dilatation with fluid accumulation (*) is shown in 3-day old and 10-day-old PEDV-infected piglets (B and D, respectively). Sample table Table 1 Villous height (VH), crypt depth (CD) and ratio of VH to CD in small intestine of normal and PEDV-infected piglets at 3 and 10 days of age. Group

6 Guide for Authors for Vet Integr Sci, A (n=5) B (n=5) C (n=5) D (n=5) Duodenum Villous height (µm) ± ± ± ± Crypt depth (µm) ± ± ± ± 6.26 Villous : Crypt ratio 2.17:1 1.80:1 2.20:1 2.43:1 Jejunum Villous height (µm) ± ± ± ± Crypt depth (µm) ± ± ± ± 4.95 Villous : Crypt ratio 3.11:1 1.41:1 2.69:1 1.73:1 Ileum Villous height (µm) ± ± ± ± Crypt depth (µm) ± ± ± ± 4.50 Villous : Crypt ratio 2.07:1 1.26:1 1.77:1 1.49:1 References The name-year system should be employed for in-text citations. All referenced documents should be in English. If referenced documents are in other languages, the author must translate them into English. Authors are welcome to use reference managers such as Endnote, Reference manager, or Zotero, which allow faster proofreading and publishing. Endnote template is available for downloading from our s website. 1. All in-text citations must have corresponding citations in the reference list. 2. The name - year system must be employed for in-text citations. For example, Based on the study of Toyoki (2010), it was shown that or corresponding to the study in canines (Hirada, 2010), horse (Maki and Hida, 2011) which discovered the level. 3. If citing more than one name of authors, the first author must be cited and followed by et al. For example, High level of Oct-4 gene expression was discovered in blastocyst (Nganvongpanit et al., 2006) 4. Reference list should be in alphabetical order. 5. References by the same author and same year of publication should be cited, for example, as 2010a, 2010b. 6. If referenced documents are not in English, they must be translated into English, but with permission of the authors of such documents. 7. Studies that have been published but are during preparation should be identified as in press at the end of the reference. 8. Referenced documents in Thai or other languages such as German, Chinese, Japanese must be translated into English. Their references must be followed by (in Thai, in German, in China, in Japan) depending on the language of the documents. 9. Studies that have not been published cannot be used as reference.

7 Guide for Authors for Vet Integr Sci, Studies that are published online without volume and page number must be identified by the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). 11. The title abbreviation must, in accordance with Title Word Abbreviations: ( 12. Sample references Journals Maneepitaksanti, W., Worananthakij, W., Sriwilai, P., Laoprasert, T., Identification and distribution of gill monogeneans from Nile tilapia and red tilapia in Thailand. Chiang Mai Vet. J. 12, Tongkamsi, S., Singasa, K., Tubtim, T., Nakbubpa, K., Chansilpa, T., Kayee, S., Effects of storage time at 32.5 o C on amount of Bacillus cereus in UHT milk for school in Chonburi province. Chiang Mai Vet. J. 13, 1 6. (In Thai) Conference reports Caffrey, J.P., Status of bovine tuberculosis eradication programmes in Europe. In: Wood, P.R., Monaghan, M.L., Rothel, J.S. (Eds.), Bovine Tuberculosis. Vet. Microbiol. 40, Books Armitage, P., Berry, G., Statistical Methods in Medical Research. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp , AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 4 Oct Chapters from book Butler, J.E., A concept of humoral immunity among ruminants and an approach to its investigation. In: Butler, J.E., Nielson, K., Duncan, J.R. (Eds.), The Ruminant Immune System, Plenum Press, New York, pp Acknowledgements Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission, from the contributor, in an Acknowledgements section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate. The Acknowledgements statement should be included within the Title page file of your submission. Conflict of Interest Statement The Conflict of Interest statement should be included within the main text file (before reference section) of your submission.

8 Guide for Authors for Vet Integr Sci, Author contribution The author contribution statement should be included within the Title page file of your submission. Plagiarism English articles submitted for publication will be checked for plagiarism with Turn it in software by the editorial board. If any duplication that might indicate plagiarism is detected, the editorial board might reject the article. Copy right transfer By default, we publish these open access articles under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. Manuscript submission checklist 0 Cover letter file 0 Title page file 0 Main manuscript file 0 Figures files (captions and content in figures and tables in English) Editorial office: Editor in Chief Korakot Nganvongpanit, B.Sc., D.V.M., Ph.D. Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Veterinary Public Health, Chiang Mai University, Mae-Hia, Muang, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand cmuvetj@gmail.com or korakot.n@cmu.ac.th