Tikrit Journal of Veterinary Sciences (TJVS)

Tikrit Journal of Veterinary Sciences (TJVS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, interdisciplinary scholarly journal published by the College of Veterinary Medicine, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Salahaddin, Iraq. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, short communications, and short notes covering a broad range of veterinary sciences, animal health, animal production, livestock sciences, and related biological, biomedical, and chemical sciences.

TJVS aims to provide a scientific platform for researchers, academics, veterinarians, and professionals to disseminate high-quality scientific research in veterinary medicine, animal health, disease diagnosis and control, animal production and management, veterinary public health, One Health, and related biological and biomedical disciplines.

Scope of the Journal

TJVS welcomes high-quality scientific contributions in, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Veterinary Medicine: clinical and preventive veterinary medicine, diagnosis, treatment, management, and control of diseases affecting domestic, farm, companion, and other animal species.
• Veterinary Surgery: veterinary surgical procedures, surgical diseases, anesthesia, perioperative management, wound management, surgical techniques, and advances in veterinary surgical practice.
• Veterinary Pathology: general and systemic pathology, histopathology, cytopathology, necropsy, pathological mechanisms, pathological lesions, immunohistochemistry, and experimental pathology.
• Veterinary Microbiology: bacteriology, virology, mycology, microbial identification and characterization, antimicrobial susceptibility, microbial virulence, molecular diagnostics, and microorganisms affecting animal health.
• Veterinary Parasitology: protozoan, helminthic, and arthropod parasites, parasite biology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of parasitic diseases in animals.
• Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology: pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug efficacy and safety, toxicology, poisoning, drug residues, adverse effects, medicinal compounds, and environmental contaminants affecting animal health.
• Veterinary Anatomy and Histology: comparative anatomy, gross and microscopic anatomy, histology, histomorphometry, embryology, developmental biology, morphogenesis, and structural studies relevant to veterinary and biomedical sciences.
• Veterinary Physiology: physiological mechanisms and functions, endocrinology, metabolism, cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, neurophysiological, and other physiological processes related to animal health, disease, and production.
• Veterinary Internal and Preventive Medicine: internal diseases of animals, preventive medicine, herd health, disease prevention and control, biosecurity, health monitoring, and preventive veterinary practices.
• Veterinary Obstetrics and Reproduction: reproductive physiology, reproductive disorders, obstetrics, fertility and infertility, artificial insemination, reproductive biotechnology, reproductive management, and neonatal health.
• Poultry Diseases and Health: infectious and non-infectious diseases of poultry, poultry pathology, microbiology, immunology, vaccination, epidemiology, biosecurity, flock health, production performance, and disease prevention and control.
• Fish Diseases and Aquaculture: fish pathology, infectious and parasitic diseases of fish, aquatic animal health, fish microbiology, immunology, nutrition, water quality, aquaculture management, disease prevention, and sustainable aquaculture systems.
• Veterinary Public Health: veterinary public health, zoonotic diseases, food safety, meat and milk hygiene, veterinary inspection, foodborne pathogens, environmental health, and the contribution of veterinary medicine to public health.
• Animal Production and Management: animal husbandry, herd management, growth and development, production performance, breeding systems, management practices, animal welfare, and sustainable animal production.
• Veterinary Epidemiology and One Health: veterinary epidemiology, disease distribution and determinants, outbreak investigation, disease surveillance, emerging and re-emerging diseases, One Health approaches, and interactions between animal, human, and environmental health.
• Veterinary Immunology: innate and adaptive immunity, immunopathology, immune responses, vaccines, immunodiagnostics, cytokines, immune-mediated diseases, and immunological mechanisms associated with animal health and disease.
• Veterinary Molecular Biology and Genetics: molecular biology, molecular diagnostics, genomics, genetics, sequencing, gene expression, molecular epidemiology, genetic characterization, biotechnology, and molecular mechanisms of animal diseases and biological processes.
• Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: hematology, clinical biochemistry, urinalysis, cytology, biomarkers, clinical enzymology, laboratory diagnosis, diagnostic assay development, and laboratory techniques applied to veterinary medicine and animal health.
• Veterinary Nutrition and Feed Science: animal nutrition, feed formulation, feed additives, feed quality and safety, nutritional physiology, dietary interventions, growth performance, metabolic health, nutritional disorders, and the effects of nutrition on animal health and production.
• Veterinary Infectious Diseases: pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and other infectious agents affecting animals.
• Zoonotic Diseases and Food Safety: zoonotic and foodborne diseases, animal-to-human transmission, foodborne microorganisms, meat and milk safety, food hygiene, veterinary inspection, public health risks, and prevention and control of zoonotic infections.
• Wildlife, Zoo and Exotic Animal Medicine: diseases and health management of wildlife, zoo animals, and exotic species, wildlife epidemiology, conservation medicine, rehabilitation, disease transmission between domestic and wild animals, and biodiversity health.
• Animal Science and Livestock Production: cattle, sheep, goats, buffaloes, camels, and other livestock species, including animal breeding, genetics, reproductive management, nutrition, feed science, growth, productivity, animal husbandry, livestock management, welfare, and sustainable livestock production systems.
• Biological and Chemical Sciences: biological and chemical research with clear relevance to veterinary medicine, animal health, animal production, biomedical sciences, agriculture, environmental health, or One Health. This includes life sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, natural products, environmental chemistry, chemical toxicology, and biological and chemical investigations relevant to animals and disease.

TJVS particularly encourages interdisciplinary research combining veterinary sciences with animal sciences, biological sciences, biomedical sciences, chemistry, biotechnology, agriculture, environmental sciences, and public health. Research addressing emerging animal diseases, antimicrobial resistance, innovative diagnostic approaches, sustainable animal production, animal welfare, zoonotic diseases, food safety, and One Health is also welcomed.

Research submitted to the Biological and Chemical Sciences category should demonstrate a clear and scientifically justified connection to veterinary medicine, animal health, animal production, biomedical sciences, agriculture, environmental health, or One Health. Purely theoretical or unrelated biological or chemical research outside these areas may fall outside the scope of the journal.

Editorial and Publication Policy

There is no fixed restriction on the length of submitted manuscripts. Authors are encouraged to present their experimental and theoretical findings in sufficient detail to ensure scientific clarity, transparency, and reproducibility. Original research articles should provide complete methodological information, including study design, materials, experimental procedures, statistical analyses, and relevant ethical considerations.

Research involving animals must comply with internationally accepted principles of animal welfare and ethical research. Studies involving animals must receive appropriate ethical approval from the relevant institutional or competent ethics committee. Manuscripts involving unjustified pain, suffering, or unethical treatment of animals will not be considered for publication.

Manuscripts must be submitted in English, regardless of the authors' native language. Submission of a manuscript implies that the work has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors must confirm that the submitted work is original, non-redundant, and complies with recognized standards of research integrity and publication ethics.

All manuscripts are subject to editorial assessment and peer review by qualified experts in the relevant field. Where applicable, manuscripts are evaluated by at least two independent reviewers. Reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors unless otherwise stated in the journal's peer-review policy.

Publication Frequency

Tikrit Journal of Veterinary Sciences (TJVS) is published biannually, with two issues released each year at six-month intervals.

Publication Ethics and Plagiarism

TJVS is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, research integrity, scientific transparency, and responsible scientific communication.

Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, data manipulation, duplicate publication, redundant publication, and other forms of academic misconduct are strictly unacceptable. Authors must appropriately acknowledge and cite all sources and must disclose any substantial overlap with previously published or submitted work.

All submitted manuscripts may be screened for plagiarism and textual similarity using Turnitin after submission and before or during the editorial evaluation process.

Cases involving suspected plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, or other forms of academic misconduct will be investigated in accordance with applicable institutional policies and recognized publication-ethics guidelines. Depending on the findings, appropriate actions may include requesting clarification, requiring revision, rejecting the manuscript, retracting published work, or notifying the relevant institutions.