Instructions to Contributors
The Journal of Bombay Veterinary College is a official organ of the Bombay Veterinary College Alumni Association and is published twice in a year, June and December. It is intended for the publication of review articles (guest), original/applied research articles, clinical observations, preliminary reports of scientific importance pertaining to Animal Health and Production. The work conducted during the last five years will only be considered for publication.
The official language of the Journal is English. The manuscripts are accepted on the basis of scientific importance and suitability for publication. Contributions that have already been published in part or full in any language will not be entertained. This however, does not apply to communications that may have appeared as letter to the Editor/abstract of contribution to a symposium, provided the paper submitted adds significantly to the information already published. The journal reserves the right for editorial cuts.
The manuscripts not exceeding 6-10 pages (A-4 size only) should be typed on one side of the paper, with wide margins and double spacing throughout except in abstracts, foot notes and references which should be in single spacing. The type script should be send in duplicate, each page should be numbered on the top center, including title page, references, tables etc. They should be sent after careful revision and correction and without overwriting, otherwise they will be rejected outright. The manuscripts should be sent to, "Editor, The Journal of Bombay Veterinary College, Dept. of Poultry Science, Bombay Veterinary College, Parel, Mumbai-400 012". The author must remit processing charges @ Rs. 50/- at the time of submission of manuscript. The charges should be paid by D.D. drawn in favour of Bombay Veterinary College, Alumni Association. After final correction etc. the article should be sent on a 1.4 MB floppy disc/cd accompanied by a hard copy for printing. The manuscript should be typed in MS-Word (Windows 98). The author/other than the life members should pay for subscription of the journal (Rs. 100) at the time of submission of the final corrected manuscript. The manuscript should be organised in the following order in general. Black and white / colour photo prints will cost Rs. 200/- per print, to be remited on acceptance along with floppy. Also send the copy on the mail ID of the editor.
Title
Papers should be headed with short full title, the initial(s) and surname(s) of the author(s) and the name and address of the institution where the work was carried out. A shortened version of the title should be supplied for running headlines. The serial titles are not acceptable, so each paper should have an individual title.
Abstract
This should not exceed 200 words and should outline briefly the purpose of the study, important findings and conclusions. Repetition and generally known information should be avoided. Key words (3 to 5) should follow the abstract to facilitate indexing.
Introduction
This part should state briefly the nature and purpose of the work.
Materials and Methods
The author(s) should describe materials, methods, apparatus, experimental procedures and statistical methods in detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. The sub-headings, if necessary, may be used in this part.
Results and Discussion
The experimental data should be presented clearly and concisely. Information presented in tables and figures should not be repeated in text. Discussions should focus on the interpretation given in the results. References in this part should be cited as follows as observed by Gupta et al. (1984); or in parentheses were found (Sharma et al., 1983; Parihar and Pandey, 1988).
Acknowledgements
This should be short. Grants and technical help provided should be acknowledged.
References
For articles: All publications cited in the text should be presented in the form of a list of references arranged alphabetically according to author's surnames. Do not give serial numbers. Give only 8-10 references for articles and 5-6 references for short communication. Use the following systems for arranging the references:
Cowan, S.T. and Steel, K.J. (1993) In "Manual for the identification of medical bacteria". Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge. pp. 219-218.
Fukui, Y.; Kukyshima, M. and Ono, H. (1985) Zootechnical University 114 (3) : 211-217. (Anim. Breed. Abst (1986) 54 (6) : Abst. No. 3705).
Dangat T. H. (2004) M.V.Sc. Thesis submitted to the Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur.
Kim, C.I.; Fellington, J. and Foote, R. H. (1990) Theriogenology 33 (1) : 433-440.
Yadav, P. S.; Razdan, M. N. and Dhanda, O. P. (1991) Proceeding of Biotechnology in Animal Reproduction, Karnal : Abst. C-12.
For periodicals: Name(s) and initials of author(s), year of publication (in parentheses), abbreviated title of the journal (in conformity with the World list of Periodicals), volume numbers colon, first and last page numbers.
For books: Name(s) and initials of author(s), year of publication (In parentheses), title, edition, name of publication, page numbers.
Tables: Only essential and few tables should be included; typed on separate sheets and numbered in Roman numericals. Each table should have a brief and self explanatory title.
Figures: Only good quality, unfolded and unmounted glossy prints of half tone illustrations and clear line drawings in India ink are accepted. The number of figures, the authors name and top of figure should be indicated lightly on the back by soft pencil. The figures should be numbered sequentially by Arabic numbers. Each illustration should have a caption. The captions to all the figures should be referred to in the text and their approximate place be indicated on the margin. The author(s) are required to bear the cost of reproduction of illustrations and the cost of scanning of figures by D.D. which depends on the number of figures.
Abbreviations and Symbols: The metric system should be followed in the text. The quantities should be expressed in SI units. All other abbreviations should be spelled out when first used in the text.
Foot notes: These should be used only if absolutely essential. When used, they should be numbered in text, indicated by superscript numbers and kept as short as possible.
Clinical Articles
Clinical case reports of interesting and rare nature are published under this heading should not contain more than three typed pages including references and illustrations and should be marked `Clinical Article’ at the right top corner of the first page of manuscript. An abstract of the case is not necessary. The manuscript should provide history and important clinical observations of the case, tentative diagnosis and its confirmation, line of treatment used and fate of the case. It should have a brief discussion on the line of treatment and conclusion. All these can be given in separate paragraphs sequentially and subheadings are not required.
The acknowledgments, if necessary may be given but it should be as short as possible. The references should be given as per format for the research articles.
Short Communications
They should be in the general form as full length papers but should not exceed a maximum of three printed pages including tables and illustrations. The manuscript for this head should be clearly marked 'Short Communication' at the right top corner of the first page of manuscript.