Focus and scopeThe Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research (OJVR) publishes articles that report on original research in veterinary science. While it considers submissions from any geographic region, its focus is on Africa and the infectious or parasitic diseases and disease vectors that affect livestock and wildlife on the continent. Articles that report on research which contributes to the control or eradication of these diseases, for instance by improving or developing vaccines and diagnostic tests, are especially welcome. Provided they have some bearing on animal health, original research papers in specialised fields such as anatomy and ultrastructure, biochemistry, bioinformatics, epidemiology, entomology and acarology, physiology, pharmacology, immunology, molecular biology, toxicology and other relevant disciplines will also be considered. Veterinary case reports, clinical studies, companion animal medicine, preliminary findings and reports of predominantly local relevance do not fall within the scope of this journal. Three categories of papers are published: comprehensive research papers fall under the category 'Original Research', while shorter and more concise papers are considered as 'Research Communications’. Contributions to the third category, namely ‘Reviews’, are as a rule requested by the editorial board, but suggestions and motivations for review subjects may also be submitted directly to the editor-in-chief.

重點(diǎn)和范圍Onderstepoort獸醫(yī)學(xué)研究雜志(OJVR)發(fā)表關(guān)于獸醫(yī)學(xué)原始研究的文章。雖然它考慮任何地理區(qū)域提交的報(bào)告，但其重點(diǎn)是非洲以及影響非洲大陸牲畜和野生動(dòng)物的傳染病或寄生蟲(chóng)病和病媒。特別歡迎關(guān)于有助于控制或根除這些疾病的研究報(bào)告的文章，例如通過(guò)改進(jìn)或開(kāi)發(fā)疫苗和診斷試驗(yàn)。如對(duì)動(dòng)物健康有影響，亦會(huì)考慮在解剖學(xué)及超微結(jié)構(gòu)、生物化學(xué)、生物資訊學(xué)、流行病學(xué)、昆蟲(chóng)及動(dòng)物生態(tài)學(xué)、生理學(xué)、藥理學(xué)、免疫學(xué)、分子生物學(xué)、毒理學(xué)及其他相關(guān)學(xué)科發(fā)表原創(chuàng)研究論文。獸醫(yī)病例報(bào)告、臨床研究、同伴動(dòng)物醫(yī)學(xué)、初步發(fā)現(xiàn)和主要與當(dāng)?shù)赜嘘P(guān)的報(bào)告不屬于本雜志的范圍。發(fā)表的論文分為三類:綜合性研究論文屬于“原創(chuàng)性研究”范疇，篇幅較短、較為簡(jiǎn)潔的論文被視為“研究傳播”。對(duì)第三類，即“評(píng)論”的投稿通常應(yīng)編輯委員會(huì)的要求，但也可直接向主編提出評(píng)論題目的建議和動(dòng)機(jī)。