Journal of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University

Author Guidelines/Instruction for Manuscript preparation

Introduction
International Journal of Animal Resources is an international journal of animal research that publishes original papers and reviews on all aspects of Veterinary science/Animal Science/ Fisheries/ Entomology/ Zoology/ Wild animal management. Contributions reporting investigative work in the scientific disciplines involving animals are particularly welcome where they make a significant contribution to the field.

Types of paper
Manuscripts may describe original work in a Full Paper (Original Article) or a Short Communication, or may form a Review of the existing state of knowledge on a particular aspect of livestock. Reviews should, in general, be written in support of original investigations. Case Reports are also published.
Author’s general guidelines are given below for the preparation of article. It is mandatory to follow the author’s instruction before submitting the article to the International Journal of Animal Resources.

General guidelines
All materials must be written in proper and clear English.
 Full length paper size: not more than 4000 words and not less than 3000 words
 Short communication size: not more than 1500 words and not less than 1200 words
 Manuscript must be 1.5 spaced throughout.
 Type written using 12 font size Times New Roman on A4 paper MS WORD format.
 The page number and line number must be assigned throughout the manuscript continuously from the title page.
 One of the manuscript author(s) should be corresponding author, who takes responsibility for the paper during submission and peer review.
 Superscript numbers (1) should be used to link author with institution and an asterisk (*) to refer to the corresponding author.
 The abbreviations and acronyms should be defined the first time they used in the manuscript.
 Do not use abbreviations in the title until and unless they are unavoidable.
 Use the standard mathematical notation for formulae/symbols.
 Genus and species names should be in italics.
 Internationally accepted (SI) signs and symbols should be used for units.
 It is advised to refer the latest issue of the journal for the format of manuscript preparation.
 The cover letter, title page and manuscript, checklist, copyright assignment should be included during manuscript submission.

Title and Authorship Page:
The following information should be included:
 Type of article : Original / Review / Short communication / Case Report etc
 Category of article: Veterinary science/Animal Science/ Fisheries/ Entomology/ Zoology/ Wild animal management
 Paper title
 Authors full names and present affiliations
 Corresponding author: Ensure his / her address, e-mail, phone and fax.

Main Manuscript structure: The manuscript should be in the following sequence:

 Abstract and keywords
 Introduction
 Materials and Methods
 Results
 Discussion
 Conclusion
 Conflict of interest statement
 Acknowledgement
 Tables with title
 Figure with legends
 References

Abstract and Keywords
 The abstract must be concise and informative providing the aims of the work, principal results and conclusion.
 An abstract of no more than 250 words (original article) or 100 words for short communication and case report.
 At the end of the abstract, key words (max. 6 words or less) related to the manuscript work must be provided for indexing purposes.

Introduction
 This section should be succinct, with no subheadings.
 Should have supported previous works with clear statement of the problem.
 It should not contain either authors result.

Materials and Method
 This section must be clear and sufficient with experimental details to reproduce the works by other researchers.
 Previously published procedures or methods should be cited without any detailed descriptions.
 New procedures and techniques should be described in details.
 Instruments and reagents information should be specified.
 The source from which the sample has been obtained should be mentioned.
 The authors should mention the name of the ethical approval authority of their study in Materials and Methods section, if the study has been done on human subjects, laboratory samples or laboratory animals.
Results
 Results should be concise and clear
 Should have textual description of the data presented in tables and figures/charts.
 Repetition of the same data in different forms should be avoided.
Discussion
 The data should be interpreted concisely without repeating material already presented in the results section.
 It should be considered the results in relation to any hypotheses advanced in the introduction.
Note: Results and Discussion section may each be divided by subheadings or may be combined.
Conclusion
 This should clearly explain the main conclusions of the work highlighting its importance and relevance including any practical applications.
Conflict of interest:
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Acknowledgement:
Acknowledgement, if any, should be placed at the end of the body of the text and be limited to 100 words. This section may be used to acknowledge the help of those who do not qualify for authorship or to acknowledge funding, donated resources, or significant material contributions to the research.
Tables
 Each Table should be typed on a separate page, numbered (1, 2 etc.) and a brief title given directly above each table.
 Tables should be in portrait format. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by a, b etc. and typed at the bottom of the relevant table.
 Information in tables should not be duplicated in figures and vice versa.
 The tables should be placed at the end of the main text after the References but before the Figure Legends.
 Number all the table(s) in the order of their citation in the manuscript.

Figures
 Each figure entry must have a reference in the text.
 This section should be presented after the end of tables.
 Each figure should be presented on separate pages.
 The figures should have high resolutions (at least 300 dpi) with clarity.
 Figures must be prepared using applications that generate high resolutions TIFF or JPEG format before using them in the MS word manuscript.
 Should have concise and self-explanatory legends
 Number all the figures (graphs, charts, photographs, and illustrations) in the order of their citation in the text. Abbreviations, Units, etc.
 Authors should follow internationally agreed conventions while abbreviating various terms.
References
 Only published or in press articles should be cited in the reference list.
 Unpublished observations, proceedings, abstracts, websites, and personal communications are not listed as references.
 All listed references must be cited in the text.
 Arrange the references in alphabetical order by the first author’s surname.
 The citation of references in text up to two author(s) should be surname followed by year of publication (Islam, 2010 or Islam and Hossain, 2013).
 The citation of references in text more than two author(s) should be Surname of first author followed by et al., and year of publication (Islam et al., 2013).
 In case, an author cited has more than one publication during the same year should be identified by a lower case letter (like a, b, c), both in the text and reference list to distinguish the works (Hossain et al., 2012a; 2012b).
 The number of references does not exceed 40 in original article and 15 in short communications and case reports.
 Journal titles should be full in name or in short form.
 Author(s) should check the references in text and reference list carefully to avoid delay in peer review and publication before submission of article for the accuracy.
 Symbols, letters and abbreviations if used in the figures should be defined in the legend.
Example of reference style:
Journal Articles:
 Tripura TK, SC Sarker, SK Roy, MS Parvin, RR Sarker, AKMA Rahman and MT Islam (2014): Prevalence of subclinical mastitis in lactating cows and efficacy of intramammary infusion therapy. Bangladesh Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 12: 55-61.
Books:
 Samad MA (2005): Poultry Science and Medicine, LEP Publication, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Chapters in Books:
 Leach J (1993): Impacts of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on water quality and fish spawning reefs of Western Lake Erie. In Zebra mussels: biology, impacts and control, Eds., Nalepa, T. and D. Schloesser. Ann Arbor, MI: Lewis Publishers, pp: 381-397.

PROOFS
Page proofs will be supplied to the corresponding author, whose responsibility it is to liaise with co-authors in checking the proofs, but only errors in typing may be corrected at this stage. Additional matter or extensive alterations can be accepted only at the discretion of the Editor, and if they are accepted, a charge may be made consequently, the author(s) should ensure that the paper is submitted in its final form. Proofs must be corrected and returned within 10 days of receipt.

OFFPRINTS
A copy of the Journal and 10 copies of offprints will be supplied free of charge to the corresponding author of the published article.

PRINTING COST
For publication of each accepted full length paper and short communication, the author(s) shall have to pay Tk. 1200.00 for Full Paper and Tk. 1000.00 for Short Communication. Foreign author(s) shall have to pay US $ 15 for Full Paper and US $ 10 for Short Communication and Review Articles after the manuscript has been accepted.

CORRESPONDANCE
E-mail: mufazzal_hossain@yahoo.com, mhossain.angb@sau.edu.bd