Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Instructions to Authors4）The second page should include the Abstract, written as one

１．Editorial policy and submission requirements

The Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine accepts

paragraph, with no more than 240 words for full papers andJapanese or English manuscripts of full papers, review articles,review articles, and no more than 120 words for research notes

research notes, technical notes, and case reports, which haveand case reports. Key word（s）are also listed in alphabeticalnot been previously published, in the field of zoo and wildlife

order on this page with no more than 5 words for full papers andmedicine. All manuscripts will be reviewed by the editor andreview articles, and no more than 3 words for research notes andmembers of the editorial board, then the editor-in-chief will makecase reports.

the final decision on acceptance or rejection. The Journal will not5）The third and subsequent pages:

accept manuscripts that include unethical procedures. In general,the manuscripts will be published in the order of the review

Full papers and review articles:

process.

The following should be included in this order: Introduction,

２． Manuscript submission fee
The manuscript submission fee is 4,000 yen for each

Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgement

manuscript submitted, if the author or a co-author is a member（s）, and Reference（s）. These are followed by Table（s）, Figureof the Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. Thelegend（s）,and Figure（s）.

submission fee is 8,000 yen for each manuscript submitted
Research notes and case reports:

by non-members. The submission fee should be sent to thedesignated account（Rule 8 of this policy）when requested by theThe above categorization does not apply except for Reference

Society after selection of the manuscript. There will be no fee for（s）.

a review article which was prepared in response to a request fromthe Society.

6）Although it is not required, separate from the main text, aJapanese summary should   be included as a single paragraph,

３． Guidelines for authors
1）Four printed copies of each manuscript（including 4 original

with no more than 600 characters for full papers and review

pictures for each photograph） should be submitted. Allarticles, and no more than 200 characters for research notes andmanuscripts should be prepared by a personal computer, andcase reports. Key word（s）are listed in Japanese alphabetical

hard copies and a CD containing an electric file of the manuscript

order with no more than 5 words for full papers and review

should be submitted. A description should be provided of thearticles, and no more than 3 words for research notes and casecomputer operating system and word processing application used.

reports. The Heading must include manuscript type（full paper,2）Use double space format on A4 or letter size paper（24 -26author（s）,and affiliated institution.

review article, research note, technical note, or case report）, title,lines / page）. All page margins should be approximately 3 cm.
7）The length of the manuscript should be no more than 7 pages

Add line numbers every 5 lines in the left margin of each page.

for full papers and review articles, and no more than 4 pages for3）The first page of each manuscript must include the following:

research notes and case reports when printed（including title,

field category（anatomy, systematic taxonomy, biochemistry,

figures, and tables）.

biology, toxicology, immunology, bacteriology, virology,8）Use small case for unique noun（s）except for the first letter,parasitology, pathology, public health, internal medicine,surgery, reproduction, animal behavior, ecology, population

and underline to indicate the need for printing in italics, such asdynamics, nutrition, animal genetics, ecosystem conservation,

for the scientific names of organisms.

etc.）, manuscript type（full paper, review article, researchnote, technical note, or case report）, title, author（s）, affiliated9）When using abbreviations, list the full word（s）followed by theinstitution, address including zip code, change（s）of institution

abbreviation in brackets the first time the word is used.

and address（if applicable）,  corresponding author name and therunning head（an abbreviated title consisting of no more than 4010）Use Arabic numerals and International System of Units（SI）

characters including spaces）.

（e.g. M, mM, μM, N, %, m, cm, mm, μm, nm, pm, cm2, l, ml, μl,－i－tables and figures will require the society’s approval.

kg, g, mg, μg, ng, pg, hr, min, sec, msec, rpm, Hz, Bq, mBq, μBq,kBq, cpm, dpm, ppm, ℃ , J, KJ, lux, CPE, and LD）.

６．Address for submission11）References should be numbered in the order they occur in theSubmit all manuscripts and written enquiries related to themanuscript and the reference numbers should be written in thesubmission of manuscripts to the following address. Pleasemain text and the description of tables and figures（e.g.［1］,［1include the sender’s e-mail address and phone / fax numbers.

-3］,［3 -5, 7］）. As a general rule, abbreviation of journal names
should be in accordance with. ISO4-1972（E）: Documentation

Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

International Code for the Abbreviation of Titles of Periodicals,

Editorial board（Editor-in-Chief: Satoshi Kusuda）

and ISO833- 1974（E）: Documentation International List

Laboratory of Animal Reproduction,of Periodical Title Word Abbreviation. Literature cited in theFaculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University

Reference column should be listed in the numeric order and as

1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan

illustrated below.

E-mail kusuda@gifu-u.ac.jp

1. Brunnert SR, Citino SB, Herron AJ, Altman NH. 1992. Hepaticcoccidiosis in chamois（Rupicapra rupicapra）. J Zoo Wildl Med

７．Method of payment

23: 276-280.

Please deposit fees including the submission fee and any extra

2. Wimsatt WA. 1963. Delayed implantation in the Ursidae,withcharges for authors in the account（bank money transfer）below.

particular reference to the black bear. In Delayed Implantation（Enders AC ed.）,pp. 49-86. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.

NORTH PACIFIC BANK, LTD. NORPJPJP Kita-Nanajyo Branch

3. Russell LD, Griswold MD. 1993. The Sertoli Cell. Cache River Press,Clearwater.

312-3869661
Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

4. Shinshiro A. 1974. Experimental interbreeding between Japanesewild mice and ICR strain mice. J Growth 13: 33-36（in Japanese）.
Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
12）Tables: no vertical lines should be used and in general capital

Laboratory of Theriogenology,

letters should be used for the first letter of each word. If footnotes

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,are necessary, write a number（e.g. 1）,2）,3））as a superscript on

Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo

the right side of the appropriate words and each description in a

〒 060-0818, JAPAN

space under the table.

Tel. 81-11-706-5234

13）Figures（data）: print figures on A4 white paper. Figures（photographs）should be 7.7cm or 16cm in width and maximum
9 cm in length to enable full size printing. Figures are numberedconsecutively with the title and description of each figure placed
underneath each one.
４．Additional costs
Authors are responsible for the following costs.
（1）Fees such as for English revision when considered to benecessary by the editorial board.
（2）Cost of printing extra pages if the page limit rule is exceeded（currently 20,000 yen / page）.
（3）Cost of color printing. The need for color printing will beconsidered by the reviewers.
（4）Tracing fee if the editorial board considers that the original
figures are inappropriate for publication.
（5）Reprints（5,000 yen / 50 copies）
５．Copyright
The Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine will own
rights to the entire contents of manuscripts published. Use of－ ii －