1. Submission of manuscripts
All manuscripts should be submitted to the managing editor by e-mail (vetscite@vet.uu.nl) The author should read the Copyright notice for more details.


2. The review process
Manuscripts are reviewed by members of the Editorial Board. They decide about the required revisions of the manuscript before publication. Each paper is first reviewed by the editors and then sent to referees for peer review . Based on their recommendations, the editors then decide whether the paper should be accepted as is or revised.


3. Preparation of manuscripts
Manuscripts must be written in English (UK spelling) and complete in all respects, including figures and tables. Abbreviations should be introduced at first usage, where they should be spelt out in full. Please specify the type of computer and word-processing package used (do not convert your text file to plain ASCII). Use one of the following formats: Word, Word Perfect or Rich Text Format. Figures provided electronically must be in gif or jpg extensions.

Ensure that the letter "I" and digit "1" (also letter "O" and digit "0") have been used properly, and format your paper (tabs, indents, etc.) consistently. Characters not available on your word processor (Greek letters, mathematical symbols, etc.) should not be left open but indicated by a unique code (e.g. gralpha, #, etc., for the Greek letter). Such codes should be used consistently throughout the entire text. Please make a list of the codes and provide a key. Further information may be obtained from the managing editor (vetscite@vet.uu.nl).

The title of the paper must be followed by the full title, names, academic or professional affiliations and complete addresses of all authors, and a colour portrait as a *.gif or *.jpg file; these items will be formated and assembled on a separate page, together with a brief curriculum vitae. The name and address of the author to whom correspondence may be sent should be indicated, including an e-mail address, telephone number and fax number.

A structured summary of about 100 to 200 words should be included with the manuscript together with 3-6 key words which encapsulate the principal subjects covered by the paper and which will be used for indexing. A summary should be understandable to readers who have not read the rest of the paper. It should not contain any citations of other published work. Key words must be selected from the MESH terms (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/mesh.html).

Illustrations, figures, tables, photographs must be submitted in a form and condition suitable for electronic publishing. They must appear in the text and be numbered in Arabic numerals according to the sequence of their appearance in the text (e.g. Fig. 1., Fig. 2.; Table 1., Table 2.). In addition, they must be provided with a brief descriptive title and legend. Tables of numerical data should be typed and be provided with labelled axes.

All literature references cited in the text should be listed at the end of the manuscript, arranged in alphabetical order and then numbered. References in the text should be cited at the appropriate places, with numbers in square brackets. Literature references must be complete, including names and initials of all authors cited, title of paper referred to, title, volume, year, and first and last page numbers of the article in a periodical. Journal titles should not be abbreviated but given in full. The PubMed URL of the reference should be looked up and provided in parentheses (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Details&DB=PubMed).

The form of literature references to books should be: author(s), initials, title of book, publisher and city, year and page number referred to. References to authors contributing to multi-author books or to proceedings printed in book form should be similar to those for books. If a reference does not refer to a published manuscript or one accepted for publication please cite it in the text as e.g. Jekyll and Hyde, 1889, personal communication. References to sources on the Internet should contain the title of the web site, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL or Internet address) and the date on which the existence of the web page was last checked.

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