ONDERSTEPOORT JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH

Focus and scopeThe Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research (OJVR) publishes articles that report on original research in veterinary science. While it considers submissions from any geographic region, its focus is on Africa and the infectious or parasitic diseases and disease vectors that affect livestock and wildlife on the continent. Articles that report on research which contributes to the control or eradication of these diseases, for instance by improving or developing vaccines and diagnostic tests, are especially welcome. Provided they have some bearing on animal health, original research papers in specialised fields such as anatomy and ultrastructure, biochemistry, bioinformatics, epidemiology, entomology and acarology, physiology, pharmacology, immunology, molecular biology, toxicology and other relevant disciplines will also be considered. Veterinary case reports, clinical studies, companion animal medicine, preliminary findings and reports of predominantly local relevance do not fall within the scope of this journal. Three categories of papers are published: comprehensive research papers fall under the category 'Original Research', while shorter and more concise papers are considered as 'Research Communications’. Contributions to the third category, namely ‘Reviews’, are as a rule requested by the editorial board, but suggestions and motivations for review subjects may also be submitted directly to the editor-in-chief.

重点和范围Onderstepoort兽医学研究杂志(OJVR)发表关于兽医学原始研究的文章。虽然它考虑任何地理区域提交的报告，但其重点是非洲以及影响非洲大陆牲畜和野生动物的传染病或寄生虫病和病媒。特别欢迎关于有助于控制或根除这些疾病的研究报告的文章，例如通过改进或开发疫苗和诊断试验。如对动物健康有影响，亦会考虑在解剖学及超微结构、生物化学、生物资讯学、流行病学、昆虫及动物生态学、生理学、药理学、免疫学、分子生物学、毒理学及其他相关学科发表原创研究论文。兽医病例报告、临床研究、同伴动物医学、初步发现和主要与当地有关的报告不属于本杂志的范围。发表的论文分为三类:综合性研究论文属于“原创性研究”范畴，篇幅较短、较为简洁的论文被视为“研究传播”。对第三类，即“评论”的投稿通常应编辑委员会的要求，但也可直接向主编提出评论题目的建议和动机。