期刊名称：JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine publishes original research findings, clinical observations, and case reports in the field of veterinary medicine dealing with captive and free-ranging wild animals. It also publishes editorials, review articles, and special reports relevant to this field.
The basic purpose of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) is to increase knowledge and understanding of captive and free-ranging wildlife species and to improve the husbandry, preventive medicine, and research required to preserve these animals. The Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine is the official publication of the AAZV and the European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians (EAZWV), and it is supported by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA). The Journal accepts manuscripts of original research findings, case reports in the field of veterinary medicine dealing with captive and free-ranging wild animals, and brief communications regarding clinical or research observations that may warrant publication. It also publishes and encourages submission of relevant editorials, reviews, special reports, clinical challenges, abstracts of selected articles, and book reviews. The Journal is considered one of the major sources of information on the biology and veterinary aspects in this field. Areas of interest include clinical medicine, surgery, anatomy, radiology, physiology, reproduction, nutrition, parasitology, microbiology, immunology, pathology (including infectious diseases and clinical pathology), toxicology, pharmacology, and epidemiology. The Editor, Associate Editors, and the Editorial Board establish editorial policies. The Journal is published quarterly, is peer reviewed, is indexed by the major abstracting services, and is international in scope and distribution.
Instructions to Authors
Editorial Guidelines and Instructions to Authors
Editorial Guidelines for Brief Communications
Manuscript Submission Form
Manuscript Submission and Fee Information
All manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor, Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (address is on the inside cover of the Journal). Four copies of the typed, double-spaced manuscript must be submitted on high-quality nonerasable bond white paper, 216 x 280 mm (8.5 x 11 inches), or European A4 paper (210 x 295 mm). A diskette including a copy of the manuscript in Microsoft Word format (version 97 or more recent; WordPerfect is also acceptable) should accompany each submission, along with a current e-mail address if an address is available. Each manuscript should have > 25 mm (1 inch) margins on all sides.
It is preferred that every fifth line of a page of the text be numbered (this format is available on most word processing programs). Brief Communications should be clearly identified as such in the cover letter accompanying the submission. Companion papers or papers in a numbered series must be submitted together and be clearly designated as such. Please be sure to include the appropriate submission fee with each manuscript. The author will be notified by postcard or by email of the receipt of a paper, the Journal manuscript number for the paper, and the Associate Editor to whom it was assigned.
The Review Process:
Associate Editors have full responsibility for the review of the papers assigned to them. They select qualified Reviewers (at least two) to whom the paper is sent. The Associate Editors handle most correspondence with the author and they recommend either acceptance or rejection to the Editor. The Editor then reviews the final manuscript and accompanying documents, makes the final decision on acceptance or rejection, and notifies the author. Associate Editors or Reviewers may not be from the same institution as the author. Reviewers recommend acceptance, rejection, or acceptance after revision by checking the appropriate box on the review form. Reviewers are requested to render their opinions and return the paper to the Associate Editor within 3 wk of receipt. If the Associate Editor seeks additional advice, the review process may take longer. Reviewers remain anonymous, unless an individual Reviewer indicates otherwise.
The Associate Editor usually returns almost all papers that are eventually published in the Journal to the author for revision at least once. Common reasons for revision include failure to follow established style and form, lack of brevity or clarity, questions of fact or theory, poor organization of tabular material, and poor English usage. For such papers, the revised copy must be returned to the assigned Associate Editor within 60 days or the manuscript may need to re-enter the review process as if it were a new submission. All final copies must be accompanied by a diskette containing the manuscript in Microsoft Word format (97 or more recent version; WordPerfect is also acceptable)
Final editing to Publication:
Once a manuscript has been accepted, every effort will be made to publish it promptly. The interval from the date the manuscript is received by the Editor to the date of acceptance varies and is dependent on the time required for review and revision. The Journal’s goal is to keep the time from original receipt of a manuscript to its publication to less than 12 months.
Most manuscripts are accepted for publication "pending final editing." The editorial office will review the accepted manuscripts one final time for content and style. Journal space is limited and costly, so brevity will be encouraged at this stage, if it hasn‘t already been achieved during the review process. Recommended alterations are sent to the author for approval, either in hard-copy or electronic (e-mail) format. This is the final stage of the process that may involve substantive changes, and it may involve some subjective decisions. Authors are encouraged to review the suggested alterations carefully, but may reject individual recommendations if they provide suitable justification.
The printer requires a final copy approximately 4 mo prior to mailing the Journal. A postcard is sent to the author notifying him/her that the Editor has accepted the manuscript. The author will receive page proofs of articles, the accuracy of which is the author’s responsibility. That is, the author must check the proof "word for word, number for number" against the final manuscript. The author should also check the margins of the proofs carefully for inquiries from the printer, and should address these inquiries completely. Corrections should be made directly to the proof, not to the accompanying copyedited manuscript. Only errors should be corrected on the proofs; in general, further "editing of the proofs" will not be accepted. Corrected proofs, along with the copyedited manuscript, must be mailed to the Editor within 3 days of receipt. Failure to do so may result in delay of publication of the Journal.
With return of the proofs, the author will be requested to complete a reprint order form giving the number of desired reprints and the name of the institution, agency, or individual responsible for reprint publication charges. Reprint order forms should be returned to the printer, not to the Journal office No page charges are levied against authors or their institutions for publication in the Journal.
Persons who wish to reproduce information that has been published in the Journal must request written permission from the Editor.
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
General
The following guidelines must be followed in preparing a manuscript for submission to the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine; manuscripts that are not in the appropriate style or format will be returned, without review, to the author. In addition to being published annually in the December issue, reprints of the Journal¡¯s "Editorial Guidelines and Instructions to Authors" may be obtained from the Editor. The primary source of information for this document is the CBE Style Manual (1983, Council of Biology Editors, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA). In addition, the Journal uses the guidelines set forth in the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (1994), American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
All parts of a manuscript must be double spaced, including title, author, address lines, literature cited, figure captions, tables, and footnotes. Type must be letter quality or near letter quality, and Roman type (Times New Roman preferred) throughout. Underlining of letters should indicate italics; italic typeface on the manuscript is not sufficient and is not necessary. Use the American form of English for spelling. Underlining should not obscure subscripts or other "descenders." Type should be of normal typewriter or word processor size (usually 10¡ª12 characters/ inch); tiny desktop publishing or photo-reduced type is not acceptable. Manuscripts should be typed on 8? x 11-inch high quality paper with approximately 2.5-cm margins on sides, top, and bottom and submitted in quadruplicate.(See Submissions, above). All pages, starting with the Title Page, and including Literature Cited, tables, and figure captions page, must be numbered in the upper right hand corner on all copies. All papers must include a running head (at the top of the title page), abstract, key words, and Introduction.
The first page of each manuscript must include, from top to bottom in distinct appropriate groupings, the running head (RH:), title, names of authors with appropriate degrees, addresses with institutions, (including city, state, zip code, and country), and the name, address, telephone numbers and e-mail address of the person to whom editorial correspondence should be sent. The running head (an abbreviated title consisting of no more than 45 characters, including spaces) in all capital letters should also be placed above the title. The title of the manuscript is listed entirely in capital letters; abbreviations are not permitted. The title should be as brief as possible, should state the principal finding, and should include the species involved (with scientific name in all caps and underlined) when applicable. Author¡¯s full names are listed in upper- and lowercase letters. Author¡¯s degrees (generally only the two highest are listed) should be included following each author¡¯s name (e.g., D.V.M., Ph.D.). Diplomate status is indicated using the format: "Dipl. A.C.Z.M." Addresses of authors are given on the first page immediately after the list of authors, using the format: "From the¡" with author¡¯s last names given in parentheses after their respective addresses, and the word "From" indented five spaces from the left margin. If any author¡¯s present address differs from the original institutional address, it should be listed at the end of the footnote as "Present address (name):..."
Major Manuscript Divisions
ABSTRACT
Abstract: The abstract, consisting, generally, of no more than 300 words written as one paragraph, appears at the beginning of the manuscript. The word "Abstract" is indented five spaces, followed by a colon, and underlined (including the colon) to indicate italics, as shown at the beginning of this paragraph. After two spaces, the first sentence begins on the same line. The abstract should be consistent with statements in the paper and, to some extent, may repeat wording in the paper. The abstract must be completely self-explanatory and intelligible in itself and generally should include the following: reason for doing the work, including rationale or justification for the research; objectives and topics covered; a brief description of methods used; results; and conclusions. The abstract also should call attention to new items, observations, and numerical data. Abstracts should be informative. Expressions such as "is discussed" and "is described" should rarely be included.
The abstract should not include bibliographic, figure, or table references. Equations, formulas, obscure abbreviations, and acronyms are also inappropriate. The scientific name of a species must be included in the abstract when the common name is first mentioned.
Key words: At the end of the abstract, list up to six key words that best describe the nature of the report. Key words should include species (scientific and common names), variables tested, and major criteria of response. The heading "Key words" is indented five spaces, followed by a colon, and underlined (including the colon) to indicate italics. The first letter of the first key word is capitalized; commas separate key words, and a period follows the last key word. Key words are the basis for the Subject Index, which is published in the last issue of each volume of the Journal
INTRODUCTION
The word "Introduction" is in all capital letters and is centered. It appears at the top of the first page after the Abstract and Key Words. The introduction should indicate the justification for doing the research and the hypothesis to be tested or the significance of the case report. Other relevant literature should be cited in the discussion of results.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This section title is also in all capital letters and is centered. It follows the Introduction and need not appear at the top of a new page unless this is dictated by the length of the Introduction. Methodology should be given in sufficient detail to permit others to reproduce the study. A clear description of original references is required for all biological, chemical, and statistical procedures. Diets, animals (breed, sex, and age), surgical techniques, statistical models, etc., should be described. Commonly used statistical methods need not be described in detail, but adequate references should be provided. The results of statistical analysis should be consistent with and justify the interpretations and conclusions.
Three classes of headings are used within the text of a manuscript.
Major headings Major headings (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and Literature Cited) are centered, all capital letters, and roman type.
First subheadings First subheadings appear at the left margin on a separate line and are not followed by punctuation. Only the first letter of the first word is capitalized. A blank line separates this heading from its text.
Second subheadings Second subheadings are indented five spaces, followed by a colon, underlined (including the colon) to indicate italics, and separated from text by two spaces. Only the first letter of the first word is capitalized.
RESULTS
The results heading is in all capital letters and is centered. It immediately follows the Materials and Methods section, and need not appear at the top of a new page unless this is dictated by the length of the Materials and Methods. Results should be a concise account of the important findings, using tables and/or figures where appropriate. The text should explain or elaborate on the tabular data without unnecessary duplication, and should be presented in such a way as to allow the reader to interpret the results of the experiment.
The most common acceptable level of probability (alpha values) is P <0.05, although P < 0.10, P< 0.01, and P< 0.001 may be used if justified. However, actual alpha values may be used.
Give only meaningful digits. A practical rule is to round so that the change caused by rounding is less than one-tenth of the standard error. Such rounding increases the variance of the reported value by <1%, so that <1% of the relevant information contained in the data is sacrificed.
DISCUSSION
This section title is also in all capital letters, is centered, and follows immediately after the Results. The discussion (may be combined with the results) should interpret (and not just restate) the results in the context of other published (and cited) research. It should also discuss the significance or the implications of the findings.
CONCLUSIONS
Significant conclusions that relate to the objectives and that concisely highlight the most important findings from longer papers may be placed in a separate Conclusions section. This section title is also in all capital letters and is centered. In shorter papers, this section may be incorporated within the discussion.
Acknowledgment(s): The acknowledgment(s) (note spelling) usually are in the first person. This section precedes the literature citations and follows the Discussion or Conclusion section after two blank lines. The heading (the word "Acknowledgment(s)) is indented five spaces, followed by a colon, underlined (including the colon) to indicate italics (as shown at the beginning of this paragraph), and separated from text by two spaces.
LITERATURE CITED
The Literature Cited heading is in all capital letters and is centered. This heading always appears at the top of a new page.
Literature citations should be identified in the text and tables by a superscript number (that follows concluding sentence punctuation). Avoid citing papers or studies in the text by the author¡¯s name.
Citations should be listed in alphabetic order by first author¡¯s surname. When there is more than one paper by authors whose names appear in the same order in each paper, the papers are listed in chronological order. Papers with multiple authors but the same lead author are arranged together, alphabetically by second, and then by third, author, etc. Papers by the same authors in the same year are assigned a letter suffix (e.g., 1983a).
All citations must have at least one author. In some cases, that author may be the institution that published the work. "Anonymous" cannot be listed as an author. (See examples below)
All authors of a cited paper must be listed in the Literature Cited section (et al. is not used).
Initials only are used for the first and middle names in all citations. Initials are placed after authors¡¯ names only in the case of the first author of each citation. The name of the last author in each reference should be preceded by a comma and the word "and," even if there are only two authors.
The names of editors of sources in which an authored reference is included (textbooks, compendia, etc.) should be given before the name of their cited work but after the author¡¯s name and title of the cited section, using the format "In: Doe, J. (ed.)." with the word "In" underlined (including the colon) to indicate italics.
Only the first word and proper nouns in titles of papers begin with a capital letter. For all other types of references (book titles), all major words begin with a capital letter. Inclusive page numbers are given when one reference in a book is cited. Pages are not given when more than one reference in a book is cited. The issue number is indicated in parentheses after the volume number only if the pages of the journal cited are numbered by issue rather than by volume. (The Journal is numbered by volume). Names of journals are spelled out if only one word and abbreviated if more than one word. See the Appendix for standard abbreviations. Improperly abbreviated journal names are a common source of delay in the editing process.
The abbreviation "Abstr." should be used to designate references that are abstracts. Citations of unpublished work, personal communications, and product inserts are listed in parentheses in the text and do not appear with the Literature Cited.
Articles that have been accepted for publication but have not yet been published should be listed in the Literature Cited section with the designation "(In press)" following the author¡¯s name. Articles that have been submitted but not yet accepted by a journal should be listed as unpublished in the text and should not appear with the Literature Cited.
Examples: (Please note the indentation of first lines, spacing between references; in addition each citation should be double spaced, which is not shown here .)
1. Boever, W. J., S. McDonald, and R.F. Solorzano. 1977. Feline viral rhinotracheitis in a colony of clouded leopards. Vet. Med. Small Anim. Clin. 72: 1859-1866.
2. Bousquet, D., and B. G. Brackett. 1982. Penetration of zona-free hamster ova as a test to assess fertilizing ability of bullsperm after frozen storage. Theriogenology. 17: 199-213.
3. Flanagan, J.P. 1999. Snakebite protocols for zoos. In: Fowler, M. E., and R.E. Miller (eds.). Zoo & Wild Animal Medicine, 4th ed. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pp. 95-100
4. Hoage, R. J. 1978. Biosocial Development in the Golden Lion Tamann. Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
5. Howard, J. G., M. Bush, and D. Wildt. 1986. Semen collection, analysis and cryopreservation in non-domestic animals. In: Morrow, D. (ed.). Current Therapy in Theriogenology. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pp. 1047-1053.
6. International Species Inventory System. 1997. Physiological Data Reference Values. International Species Inventory System. Apple Valley, Wisconsin. Pp. 10-20.
7. Leatherwood, S., R. R. Reeves, W. F. Perrin, and W. E. Evans. 1982. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters. NOAA Tech. Rep. MFC Circ. 444, U.S. Dept. Commerce, Rockville, Maryland.
8. Miller, A. M., M. E. Roelke, K. L. Goodrowe, J. G. Howard, and D. E. Wildt. 1990. Oocyte recovery, maturation, and fertilization in vitro in the puma (Felis concolor). J. Reprod. Fertil. 88: 249-258.
9. Stover, J., E. R. Jacobson, J. Lukas, M.R. Lappin, and C. D. Buergelt. 1990. Toxoplasma gondii in a collection of non-domestic ruminants. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 21:295-301.
Editorial Board
| Contact: |
Wilbur B. Amand, VMD, Exec. Dir. |
| Email: |
JZWM@aol.com |
| Phone: |
610-892-4812 |
| FAX: |
610-892-4813 |
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