Camel: An International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Author Guidelines

Submission manuscript

Submit the following items:

Cover letter. Identify the corresponding author and provide his/her full name, address, numbers for telephone and fax, and e-mail address.

Manuscript. In TYPE-WRITTEN (MS WORD), 12 point Times New Roman in double-spaced throughout (including references and tables). with a 1.25 cm margin at the top, bottom and left-bottom and left-hand side. The lines and pages should be numbered accordingly. Number all pages

The following types of material will be considered for publication in the Journal of Animal Research in TYPE-WRITTEN (MS WORD), Font (Times New Roman) with size 12, in double-spaced throughout (including references and tables) with a 2.5 cm margin at the top, bottom and left-bottom and left-hand side. The articles in PDF format will not be accepted. The lines and pages should be numbered accordingly.

Manuscripts preparation

Manuscripts on original research should include at least the following elements.

Title

• Full title (be concise)

• Name(s) of author(s) and the first author affiliation with complete address.

Abstract

• An abstract not exceeding 250 words; all acronyms and abbreviations defined; no references cited. State what, where and how it was done, major results.

• Five key words.

Introduction. Review pertinent work, cite key references, explain importance of the research, and state objectives of your work.

Materials and Methods Provide sufficient detail so work can be repeated. Describe new methods in detail; accepted methods briefly with references. Use of trade names. Trade names are to be avoided in defining products whenever possible.

Use of abbreviations and acronyms. At first text use, define in parentheses. Do not use abbreviations and acronyms in titles.

Results and discussion Present results concisely using figures and tables as needed. Do not present the same information in figures and tables. Discuss principles and relationship, point out exception. Show agreement with published research work. The significances of work or conductions should be presented in the end of discussion.

Tables. Number each table with Arabic numerals. Place a descriptive caption at the top of each table.

Figures. (graphs, charts, line drawings, photographs) Number each figure with Arabic numerals under the illustration. Lettering, data lines and symbols must be sufficiently large so as to be clearly visible when the figure is reduced to a size commonly used in the journal.

References. List only those references cited in the text. Required format of described below.

Reference cited format Manuscripts should follow the name-year reference format.

In text. Cite publications in text with author name and year. Three or more authors use ?et al.?. In parenthetical citations, separate author and year with a comma. Use suffixes a, b and c to separate publications in same year by the same author. Semi-colon separate citations of different authors. Cite two or more publications of different authors in chronological sequence, from earliest to latest. For example:

………. used stepwise vitrification method from Abd-Allah et al. (2009)

………. stepwise vitrification method (Abd-Allah et al., 2009)

………. and buffaloes (Totey et al., 1983; Mohamoud et al., 1987; Abd-Allah et al., 2009)

In reference cited. List only those literature cited in the text. References should be listed alphabetically by the first author?s last name. Single author precedes same author with co-authors. Type references flush left as separate paragraphs. Do not indent manually. Write the name of book or journal in italic letters. Use the following format.

• Journal articles: Author(s). Year. Article title. Journal title, volume number: inclusive pages.

  Example: Citation in text: Abd-Allah et al. (2009)

  Abd-Allah, S.M., Gomaa, A., Abd-El-Gawad, E.M.M. and El-Nahas, E.M. 2011. In Vitro Production of Buffalo Embryos: Comparison of Two Different Culture Systems. Theriogenology Insight, 1(1): 7-12.

• Books: Author(s) or editor(s). Year. Title. Publisher name, Place of publication.

  Number of pages.

  Example: Citation in text: Saber Abd-Allah 2012. New Trends in Cryopreservation of Buffalo Oocytes and Embryos Ist Ed. LAP Lambert Publishing House, Germany. 214p.