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West Indian Veterinary Journal

The West Indian Veterinary Journal provides a forum for publication of papers on all aspects of:

• the basic health sciences
• comparative medicine
• veterinary medicine (including veterinary education and veterinary public health)

The Journal is based at the School of Veterinary Medicine at The University of the West Indies.

It promotes cross-fertilization of ideas among:

• clinicians
• educationists
• scientists involved in education and research

It also facilitates fruitful interchange of information among colleagues and collaborators in the English and non-English speaking Caribbean, and worldwide.

The Journal features peer-reviewed reports on:

• original research
• innovations in veterinary education
• the application of new technologies in veterinary medicine and news items

Case reports, letters to the Editor, commenting on any aspect of the Journal or veterinary medicine in general, are welcomed.

Guide for Authors

Manuscripts should be:

• typewritten (double-spaced) on one side of letter size paper
• have one-inch margins
• consist of a title page
• followed on the other pages by:
  
  
  • an abstract and key words
  • introduction
  • materials and methods
  • results
  • discussion
  • acknowledgements and references in general conformity with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals (Vancouver Style) and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine 1997, 126(1):36-47 or on their website:

    www.acponline.org/journals/annals

The title page should carry:

• The title of the article
• Authors' first and last names and initials
• Name of Institution and Department to be credited
• Name of the corresponding author

Papers:

• should ideally be written in English
• written in other languages will be considered provided an abstract in the English language has been supplied

Illustrations:

• should not be inserted in the text and be numbered in Arabic numerals on the back with the title of the paper, and name of authors affixed
• The orientation of figures should also be clearly indicate
• A list of captions for the respective figures should be submitted on a separate sheet and should allow interpretation without reference to the text

Tables:

• each should be on a separate sheet and be numbered using Arabic numerals and an indication of its approximate position in the text.

References:

• in the text should be numbered consecutively (in parenthesis) in Arabic numerals in the order in which they are first mentioned.

Titles of Journals:

• should be abbreviated in accordance with the style used in Index Medicus. Example of correct form of reference (where the number of authors exceeds six):
  
  

  Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black RJ, Masuyer E, Friedl HP, Ivanov E, et al. childhood leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl:
  5 year follow-up. Br J Cancer 1996;73:1006-12.

Manuscripts Submissions:

• may be sent by e-mail, as an attachment in Microsoft Word or Word Perfect
  
  
• may also be submitted on 3.5 inch diskettes or as a hard copy (original and two copies including tables and figures)

Conditions

• Papers will be accepted with the understanding that no substantial part has been, or will be, published elsewhere. This does not pertain to abstracts in the proceedings of meetings, workshops and symposia.
  
  
• Papers accepted for publication become the property of the Journal.
  
  
• Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author.
  
  
• Offprints will be supplied at current printing and mailing prices if they are ordered when the proof is returned.
  

Publications

Twice annually in January and July

Subscription

Requests for subscriptions, renewals, and single or back numbers and all remittances should be addressed to: