SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES
The journal publishes original articles, reviews and short communications that contain original experimental data or new interpretations of existing results. They must comply with the themes of the journal and have not been published elsewhere. Plagiarism is unacceptable for the journal. Use of foreign ideas and images in their original form is allowed only in their exact citation. All submitted articles are checked for plagiarism and when there are large parts already published texts or data, the articles are rejected. We do not accept manuscripts that are fully or partially published in other publications. The manuscript, written in Bulgarian or English, and the Authors’ Declaration Form should be submitted online.
Structuring of publication
Original articles should contain title, authors, abstract, key words, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, references.
Text should be in Times New Roman font, in MS Office Word format. The measuring units (cm, m, km, t, l, g, kg, s, h, etc.) should be denoted according to the SI system. Latin names of plant and animal species should be given according to the International Classification, in Italic.
The text should be organized as follows:
TITLE: Title of the paper should be brief, accurately identifying the manuscript content, being written in bold capital letters, without any abbreviations. The forename and surname of each author are to be stated below, written in light (not bold) small letters. Institutions for which he/she works are to be written below, numbers in suffix should be used to refer the addresses of authors (1, 2…). E-mail of corresponding author should be mentioned, indicated with asterisk (*).
ABSTRACT AND KEY WORDS: Abstract reflects shortly and clearly the basic information and scientific impact of the article, with cited the main results obtained. Key words must be properly selected, giving the essence of the study. Bulgarian contributors must send abstract and key words in Bulgarian and English.
INRODUCTION: Introduction must answer the following questions: What is known and what is new on the studied issue? What necessitated the research problem, described in the manuscript? What is your hypothesis and aim?
MATERIAL AND METHODS: The objects of research, organization of experiments, chemical analyses, statistical and other methods and conditions applied for the experiments should be described in detail.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Results of research can be presented separately from discussion or together in one paragraph. Presentation of results should be precise and without repetitions, and include the evaluation of significant differences and other parameters.
CONCLUSIONS: Present the most important consequences for the science and practice resulting from the conducted research. They should be summarized in few sentences.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (if there are any)
TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables should be submitted on a separate sheet at the end of the text and must be cited in the text. They should be prepared in MS Word format - doc and docx files (only when there is special need – in xls files). Tables are numbered in Arabic numerals according to their sequence in the text. Each column in the table must have heading and, when necessary, abbreviations should be explained in the legend.
Illustrations (maps, charts, graphs, drawings, photos, etc.) are to be referred to as ‘Figures’ and numbered in sequence. They should be as clear and free from text, presented as in format tif, png, xls, eps. Numeration and title of the figures are placed below the figure, with all necessary indications presented. It is recommended the figures to be in black and white. Provide figures and photographs with good dark and light contrast. Prepare drawings with dark, heavy lines as to be appropriate for printing.
All tables and illustrations must be cited in the text. Bulgarian contributors must send texts and titles of tables, figures, graphs and photos in Bulgarian and English.
ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations may be used for other expressions provided that, when first mentioned, they are defined in full, followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis and used consistently thereafter.
REFERENCES
In the text, references should be cited as follows: single author (Morris, 1991); two authors (Barton and Moore, 1994); more than two authors (Levi et al., 1994). When several references are cited simultaneously, they should be ranked by chronological order e.g.: (Petrovic et al., 2011; 2015) and when their publications are in the same year – alphabetically. All published works referred to in the text must be listed in the reference list and vice versa.
Reference list is arranged alphabetically (by the surname of the first author) and chronologically. When citing several publications by the same author, his individual publications are given first, followed by publications in co-authorship (with one co-author, two co-authors, etc.). It is desirable to list the names of all authors.
Names of authors and journal titles in Cyrillic or alphabet different from Latin should be transliterated into Latin and article titles should be translated into English. The original language of articles and books translated into English is indicated in brackets after the bibliographic reference (in Bulgarian = Bg, in Russian = Ru, in Serbian = Sr, in Chinese – Ch, etc.).
Example: Valchev, I. (2015). Investigations of the effects of aflatoxin B1 on haematological parameters in mulard ducks. Zhivotnovadni nauki, 52(6), 23-33 (Bg).
In transliteration, letters are replaced as follow: А=A, Б=В, В=V, Г=G, Д=D, Е=Е, Ж=Zh, 3=Z, И=I, Й=Y, K=К, Л=L, М=М, Н=N, О=О, П=Р, Р=R, С=S, Т=Т, У=U, Ф=F, X=H, Ц=Тs, Ч=Сh, Ш=Sh, Щ=Sht, Ъ=А, Ь=Y, Ю=Yu, Я=Ya.
The journal follows APA citation style. Data in the reference list should be cited as follows:
- Journal articles
Author(s) surname and initials, given bold, year, title, journal title (in italic), volume, number, pages. Example:
Ladner, C., Brinkman, C. R., Weston, P. & Assali, N.S. (2016). Dynamics of uterine circulation in pregnant and nonpregnant sheep. American Journal of Physiology, 218(1), 257-263.
- Books
Author(s) surname and initials given bold, year, title, edition, name of publisher, place of publishing.
Kamburov, P., Vassilev, I., Georgieva, D., Kamenov, Y.& Koynarski, V. (1994). Veterinary Parasitology. Agropress, Sofia (Bg).
Warriss, P. D. (2000). Meat science: An introductory text. CAB-International: England, Wallingford.
- Book chapters or conference proceedings
Author(s) surname and initials, given bold, year, title. In: Title of the book or of the proceedings followed by the editor(s), name of publisher, place of publishing, volume, pages. Example:
Abril, J. R., Barclay, W. R. & Abril, P. G. (2000). Safe use of microalgae (DHA GOLD) in laying hen feed for the production of DHA-enriched eggs. In: Egg Nutrition and Biotechnology (Sim J. S., Nakai S., Guenter W., eds). CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 197-202.
- Abstracts of reports on scientific forums
De Veer, A., De Boer, I. & Kuipers, A. (2016). Developments, strategies and challenges for Netherlands’ dairy sector. In: Book of Abstracts of the 67st Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 24-24.
- Dissertations and Phylosophy Doctor Theses
Hallberg, L. (2016). Betydelsen av inflammation och reninangiotensin-aldosteron-systemet vid ångest och depression. Doctoral dissertation, Lund University.
- Online publications
Ye, W. (2003). Application of near-infrared spectroscopy for determination of nutrient contents in manure. Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1479. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/1479
PUBLISHING OF ARTICLES
After the reception of the article, the manuscript is given to referees for anonymous peer review. Authors will be notified about the acceptance or rejection of the manuscripts. The corrected manuscript should be submitted to the website of the journal.
The Editorial Staff is not responsible for inaccurate citations, including the content of websites and copyright infringement.