"Veterinary
Integrative Sciences"
(Vet Integr Sci) was established since 2003. For the 15 years,
we published science journal articles under the ChiangMai
Veterinary Journal” before changing to an electronic title
issuing in the year 2018 with free open access.
2003-2018 (volume 16, number 1) as the “Chiang Mai Veterinary
Journal” (ISSN-print is 1685-9502 and ISSN-online is 2465-4604)
2018-presently,
the “Veterinary Integrative Sciences”, since volume 16,
number 2 and onwards (ISSN- 2629-9963).
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 “http://cmvj.info”
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
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 2nd issue during May-August, and the 3rd 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
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 email 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 Email addresses of all authors.
4.
Acknowledgements and Author contribution section
Authors
name
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First
names (or first initials in combination with full middle
names)
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Middle
names (or initials, if used)
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Last
names (surname, family name)
Affiliations
(indicate multiple affiliations, or current addresses where
appropriate)
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Department, university, or organizational affiliation
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Location: city, state/province (if applicable)/poscost
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Country
Corresponding Author
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First and Last name
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Tellophone number, Fax number (if applicable)
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Email 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
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
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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.
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Figure legend should be listed at the end of manuscript
following table.
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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”.
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CMYK format for color figures and the resolution of the
figures should be higher, but size should not larger than
2 MB.
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300
DPI/PPI for picture-only (without text of any kind)
figure files
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600 DPI/PPI for figures containing pictures and lie
elements (i.e., text labels, thin lines, arrows, etc.)
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1200 DPI/PPI for black and white images such as line
drawings, graphs, or charts
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Order and format of the figures should be in order as
they appear in the content.
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If figures display scale, scale bar must be accompanied.
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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.
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The author must show document(s) giving permission to
use licensed figure(s).
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.
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-day-old 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.
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.
10.
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: (http://www.issn.org/services/online-services/access-to-the-ltwa/.)
12.
Sample references
11.1. Journals
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Maneepitaksanti, W., Worananthakij, W., Sriwilai, P.,
Laoprasert, T., 2014. Identification and distribution
of gill monogeneans from Nile tilapia and red tilapia
in Thailand. Chiang Mai Vet. J. 12, 57–68. |
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Tongkamsi,
S., Singasa, K., Tubtim, T., Nakbubpa, K., Chansilpa,
T., Kayee, S., 2015. Effects of storage time at 32.5 oC
on amount of Bacillus cereus in UHT milk for school in
Chonburi province. Chiang Mai Vet. J. 13, 1–6. (In Thai) |
11.2. Conference reports
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Caffrey, J.P., 1994. Status of bovine tuberculosis eradication
programmes in Europe. In: Wood, P.R., |
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Monaghan, M.L., Rothel, J.S. (Eds.), Bovine Tuberculosis.
Vet. Microbiol. 40, 1–4. |
11.3 Books
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Armitage,
P., Berry, G., 1987. Statistical Methods in Medical Research.
Blackwell Scientific Publications, |
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Oxford, pp. 94–100, 411–416. |
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AUTHOR
INFORMATION PACK 4 Oct 2015 www.elsevier.com/locate/vetmic
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11.4 Chapters from book
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Butler,
J.E., 1981. 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 |
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Press,
New York, pp. 3–55. |
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.
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
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Cover
letter file |
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Title
page file |
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Main
manuscript file |
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Figures
files (captions and content in figures and tables in English)
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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
E-mail: cmuvetj@gmail.com or korakot.n@cmu.ac.th
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