ISSN 0030-2465 printed version

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The Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research (OJVR) publishes papers reporting on original research that covers all aspects of veterinary science. It specialises in diseases and the disease vectors of livestock and wildlife on the African continent.

The first issue of the Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research was published in 1933 as the Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Industry of which 24 volumes were published (1933–1950). In 1951 the title of the journal was changed to The Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research.

From 1962, two issues per volume were published and from 1970 onward, four issues per volume. Because the Journal is now published in electronic format, only one volume per year is published. Papers are made available online as soon as they are ready (rolling pass).

Since the inception of the Journal the editor has been the Director of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute, or the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI). Professor Joop Boomker, from the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases of the University of Pretoria is the present edtior.

Its abbreviated title is Onderstepoort j. vet. res., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.

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The publication receives financial support from:

• The Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute of the Agricultural Research Council
• The Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria