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Acta Veterinaria Hungarica (IF 2010: 1.264) publishes original research papers presenting new scientific results of international interest and to a limited extent also review articles and clinical case reports on veterinary physiology, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, clinical veterinary science and reproduction. Submissions are accepted on the understanding that they have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere and that they are subject to peer review. The covering letter of submitted manuscripts should be signed by all co-authors, or a declaration of consent from the co-authors should be enclosed. Papers accepted for publication by the Editorial Board are subject to editorial revision. A copy of the Copyright Transfer Statement will be sent to the authors of papers accepted for publication. Manuscripts will be published only after receiving the signed copy of the statement.

Format and style. Authors should consult a recent issue of the journal for style. Manuscripts must be in English and clearly and concisely written. It is not necessary to submit hardcopies. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the e-mail address of the Managing Editor (szekely.a@mail.datanet.hu), with the text of the manuscript written in a Word file with line numbering, using Times New Roman font of 12 pt size. For general papers, the whole length should not exceed 4000 words (that is, about 10–11 printed pages of Acta Veterinaria Hungarica). Short communications should not exceed 1500 words and should include only one or two figures or tables. Concise papers will be given priority during the publication process.

Title. The title should be a clear and concise statement of the contents in not more than 15 words (about 100 characters). A short running title of not more than 50 characters should also be supplied. This is followed by the authors’ full first name and surname, and the name of the institution where the work was done. The mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and fax number of the corresponding author must also be given in a footnote to the first page. Abstract. This should not exceed 200 words and should outline briefly the purpose of the study and detail important findings and the authors’ principal conclusions. Key words (5–6) should also be supplied. Introduction. This part should state briefly the nature and purpose of the work and cite recent important work by others. Materials and methods. Describe materials, methods, apparatus, experimental procedure and statistical methods in sufficient detail to allow other authors to reproduce the results. This part may have subheadings. The experimental methods and treatments applied shall conform to the most recent guidelines on the humane treatment and care of animals. Results. Experimental data should be presented clearly and concisely, in a non-repetitive way. Discussion should be focused on the interpretation of experimental findings. Acknowledgement of grants and technical help.

References. The number of references should preferably not exceed 20. Only internationally accessible recent works should be cited. Citation in the text should be made as follows: Hinton (1995) described.... / … was reported earlier (Starr et al., 1978; Manson and Starr, 1979). List of references should be given in date order in the text but alphabetically in the reference list. Different publications having the same author(s) and year will be distinguished by, e.g., 1992a, 1992b. The reference list at the end of the paper, arranged in alphabetical order of the authors’ surnames, without serial numbers, should be drawn up according to the following models. For journals: names and initials of all authors, year of publication (in parentheses), colon, English title of the paper (if the original title is not English, indicate in parentheses, e.g. [in French]), abbreviated journal title, volume number, issue number in parentheses, first and last pages. For books: names and initials of authors/editors, year (in parentheses), title, publisher, place of publication, page number. For book chapters: names and initials of authors, year (in parentheses), title of chapter, In:, names and initials of editor(s), title of book, publisher, place of publication, first and last page numbers of chapter.

Tables. They should be typed on separate sheets at the end of the paper and have a concise heading each. Tables are to be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. All tables should be referred to in the text.

Illustrations. Photographs should be submitted electronically in original TIF or JPG format in separate files. Figures: it is important to send graphs in the original file format in which they were prepared (e.g. .xls), rather than as images inserted into a Word document. This ensures that the figures are editable by the editorial staff. Statements on magnification are not acceptable, and bars should be used instead. Histograms should be kept simple, be two-dimensional, have no background grid, and tones and colours should be avoided. Please use only Arial or Helvetica (non-boldface) fonts in your illustrations. Please submit images near to the desired size of the printed version and ensure that all captions on the figures are easy to read. Colour figures submitted by the authors will appear in colour on the web; however, the extra cost of colour reproduction in the printed version must be borne by the authors. Authors will receive information regarding the costs from the editor after acceptance of the article. Figure captions should be provided on a separate sheet at the end of the manuscript file. All figures should be referred to in the text.

Abbreviations and symbols. Measurements should be expressed in the metric system or in SI units. All abbreviations should be spelt out in full the first time they are used in the text. Please identify unusual symbols on the margin.

Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author by e-mail in PDF format. Authors are requested to return the proof corrections within 72 hours by e-mail, indicating the necessary changes and their place in the text (page/line numbers, context). Any queries by the editor should be answered in full. It is important to ensure that all corrections are returned in one all-inclusive e-mail.

Page charge. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica carries a page charge of EUR 20 per printed journal page. A copy of the bank certificate documenting the transfer of the page charge shall be sent to the editor at the time when the proof corrections are returned.

Self-archiving. Authors of Akadémiai Kiadó Journals are entitled to self-archive the preprint version of their manuscript. The preprint version is the Author’s manuscript or the galley proof or the Author’s manuscript along with the corrections made in the course of the peer review process. The Author’s right to self-archive is irrespective of the format of the preprint (.doc, .tex., .pdf) version and self-archiving includes the free circulation of this file via e-mail or publication of this preprint on the Author’s webpage or on the Author’s institutional repository with open or restricted access. When self-archiving a paper the Author should clearly declare that the archived file is not the final published version of the paper, he/she should quote the correct citation and enclose a link to the published paper (http://dx.doi.org/[DOI of the Article without brackets]).

Offprints. Authors are also entitled to order offprint copies of their paper for a deep discounted price. See the official pricelist for details (http://www.akkrt.hu/offprint). Author may order n*32 copies (where n=1,2,3… etc.) and the discount is 50%. The fee of pre-ordered offprints is even lower by 15%.

Open Access. Authors can use the OOpenArt (optional open article) publication model for a specific publishing fee. The full text of an OOpenArt paper is freely accessible through the official website of the journal. These papers are also published in the printed journals as well as all the traditional ones. The peer review process and the quality requirements are the same in case of both traditional and OOpenArt manuscripts. Both accepted new manuscripts and papers published earlier can be OOpenArt.

The price of an OOpenArt article is 900 EUR (1260 USD) + VAT, where applicable, but it can be even less. Akadémiai Kiadó offers 50% discount for corresponding authors of a) subscribing institutions, b) Hungarian institutions, c) institutions of low- and middle-income countries. Discounts may not be combined, all these authors should pay 450 EUR (630 USD). The above OOpenArt fee does not include any normal (excess) page fees and colour charges.

By executing the Optional Open Article Agreement and paying the OOpenArt fee the Author retains the ownership and further rights related to the Article while ensuring the wide accessibility of the Article in the written and electronic media controlled by Akadémiai Kiadó. See www.oopenart.com for details. Should you have any questions, please contact the Managing Editor of the journal by e-mail at szekely.a@mail.datanet.hu.