Submissions

In all manuscript types, these sections must appear in the following order:  Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion (including the conclusion), Authors' Contributions (optional), Acknowledgements (optional), Funding (optional), Conflict of Interest, and References. The sections Results and Discussion may be merged or separated. For review articles, Materials and Methods, and Results and Discussion sections may be reformed to be written in a new form, as the author(s) deem essential. Results and Discussion sections can be combined or separated.

Title Page

 The title must provide a specific, concise, and relevant statement of the manuscript contents. The title of the manuscript must be centered in boldface with 20 words maximum. The first letter of each word should be capitalized, except for prepositions. The title should not have abbreviations even when gene or protein names are included, however, well-known terminologies such as DNA or RNA or IgA can be abbreviated. Please note that there is no period after the title. 

Below the title, authors’ names should be typed as a first name (full name or initial), middle initial, full last name, capitalize only the first letter of each full name. Affiliations should be indicated in front of the appropriate address by superscript numbers, and placed under the author names.  Do not provide the title, position, or degree of authors. The corresponding author(s) should be clearly indicated and footnoted with one of the following symbols: *, †, ‡, § (e.g., ^*Corresponding author).  Please ensure that the title page includes the name, email, full address, and telephone numbers of the corresponding author(s).

Abstract

 Introduction

Materials and Methods

This section should provide adequate details of the procedures used, so other researchers can repeat and build on the published outcomes. If original methods are established, they should be described in detail, whereas well-known methods (including modifications, if any) can be briefly described and correctly cited. Sources of chemicals, drugs, equipment, and products applied should be stated in parentheses at first mention. Condition of animals (Breed, strain, age, sex, and body weight) and diets provided (chemical analysis of dietary ingredients, if crucial to the experiment) used in the experiments should be described clearly. Experiments including animals must be performed in accordance with principles and specific guidelines presented in local, national, or international legislation on the care and use of animals in research. International System of Units (SI) should be used for all measurements, and if other measures are used,  their equivalent in SI should be given.

Statistical Analysis

Analyzing and subsequently interpreting biological data using incorrect statistical approaches is not acceptable. Therefore, the Iraqi J. Vet. Med. highly recommends authors to consult with a statistician prior to submitting their manuscripts. The name and version of the statistical software used should be given.  

Results

The authors should report a clear description of their experimental results. Data should be presented precisely and concisely in tables or figures, with no literature comparisons (only if needed). Duplication of data in tables and figures must be avoided. All tables and figures must be understandable by themselves by providing appropriate captions and footnotes. Tables and figures must be introduced in the main text near to their first mention. Tables and figures must be numbered in accordance with their appearance in the main text.

Discussion

Acknowledgments 

This section is not mandatory. However, if the authors desire to include the Acknowledgments section, it should follow the Discussion section. Sources of funding, individuals’ critical participation, and institutes that helped to accomplish the work should be mentioned in enough detail.

Conflict of Interest

Conflict of interest declaration should state, as “The author(s) declare no conflicts of interest”.

References

Please note that since January 2020, the Iraqi J. Vet. Med. will use the Vancouver reference style or also called the author–number system. In the text, references must be identified by Arabic numbers in parenthesis (1) and placed before the punctuation. Successive references should be joined together with a hyphen (1-5). Nonconsecutive references should be separated with commas (2, 4, 7, 8), please note that there is no AND after the last reference. In the reference list, references must be numbered consecutively in the order of appearance in the text regardless of the alphabetical order. If there are more than 6 authors in a reference, list the first 6, after which 'et al.'‎ To abbreviate journals, authors can use conventional ISO abbreviations found in the journal's database of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals. Authors must make sure that all references cited in the manuscript text are also present in the section of references and vice versa with avoiding duplication and typo. To avoid such mistakes, the Iraqi  J. Vet. Med. highly recommends authors to prepare the references using a reference software package, such as EndNote, Mendeley, etc. All references should be written in English, please convert Arabic or other language references to English. Example references are given below

Author 1 A, Author 2 B, Author 3 C, Author 4 D. Title of the article. Abbreviated journal title. Date of publication; volume number(issue number): page numbers.

Example:

Choi JH, Lee K, Kim DW, Kil DY, Kim GB, Cha CJ. Influence of dietary avilamycin on ileal and cecal microbiota in broiler chickens. Poult Sci. 2018; 97(3): 970–9.

Lambert JD, Yang CS. Mechanisms of cancer prevention by tea constituents. J Nutr. 2003; 133(10): 3262S-3267S.

Non-edited Books (Book Author)

1. Whole Book

Example:

Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 7th ed. Philadelphia (PA): Saunders Elsevier; 2013. 874 p.

2. Chapter in a non-edited book

Author(s) of book.  Title of the book.  Edition (if not first). Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Chapter number, Chapter title; p. (page numbers of the chapter).

Example:

Ansel  HC. Pharmaceutical measurement. 13th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2010. Chapter 3, Pharmaceutical measurement; p. 35-47.

Edited books

1. Whole Book, editor(s) as author(s)

Editor(s) – Last name and initials, editors. Title of book. Edition (if not first). Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pagination.

Example:

O'Campo P, Dunn JR, editors. Rethinking social epidemiology:  towards a science of change. Dordrecht: Springer; 2012. 348 p.

2. Chapter in an edited book

Author(s) of the chapter - Last name and initials. Title of chapter. In: Editor(s) of the book - Family name and initials, editors. Title of the book. edition (if not first). Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. p. [page numbers of chapter].

Example:

MacDougall C, Chambers HF. Aminoglycosides. In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollman BJ, editors. Goodman & Gilman’s the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2011. p. 1505-20.

Thesis

Kay JG. Intracellular cytokine trafficking and phagocytosis in macrophages [dissertation]. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland; 2007.

Kashifalkitaa HF. Effect of bromocriptine and dexamethasone administration on semen characteristics and certain hormones in local male goats [dissertation]. Baghdad, Iraq: University of Baghdad; 2008.

Webpage

Author/organization’s name. Title of the page [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Date or year of publication [updated YYYY Mon DD; cited YYYY Mon DD]. Available from: URL.

Example:

Diabetes Australia. Diabetes globally [Internet]. Canberra ACT: Diabetes Australia; 2012 [updated 2012 Jun 15; cited 2012 Nov 5]. Available from: http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/en/​Understanding-Diabetes/Diabetes-Globally/.

 Tables

Microsoft Word table function must be used to prepare tables, no other form such as a photograph is accepted. Tabs and spaces must not be used to separate table cells. Horizontal or vertical rules must not be used to set the tables. Tables should be inserted in the body of the manuscript close to their first mention. All tables should be numbered in accordance with their appearance in the main text. In the main text, they should be written as a full word (Table, not Tab.). Similarly, the word 'Table' should be written as full above the table with a period after its number (Table 1.). Each table should be titled and footnoted (using the “insert caption” function) briefly and clearly which makes the table self-explanatory without referring to the main text. The first letter of the first word of the title should be only capitalized with no period at the end of the title. All components of the table, such as a unit of measure, abbreviations, statistical analysis, should be identified with superscript footnotes under the table. For a unit of measure, it can be appeared with the title or inside the table. All table abbreviations must be defined and matched to those in the main text.‎ For statistical analysis, the footnote can be provided as “Means within a row/column lacking a common superscript differ significantly (P≤0.05)”, and other significant P values can be specified. Mean comparisons within column and rows must be indicated (e.g., lowercase (or small letters) a, b in rows indicate….., Uppercase (or capital letters) A, B in the column indicate….). Values of probability can be indicated as follows: *P≤0.05, **P≤0.01, ***P≤0.001.

Figures/Illustrations

Figures and illustrations must be submitted with high quality (300 dpi).  One of Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), PDF, and JPEG formats can be used to create figures and illustrations. Backgrounds such as grid lines in graphs or unnecessary objects in photographs should be removed.  Color figures or illustrations for in print or online will NOT be additionally charged. Figures should be inserted within the main text. When a Figure is cited in the main text, it should be written in full (Figure, not Fig.). All figures and illustrations must be titled (captioned). The title should be concise, located under the figure or graph. The title should be started as “Figure 1.”(please note that there is a period after the number, not colon). The first letter of the first word of the title should be only capitalized with no period at the end of the title. Figures and illustrations must be self-explanatory, i.e., all symbols and descriptions must be identified in the title without referring to the main text.

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