Atatürk University Journal of Veterinary Sciences is a refereed scientific publication organ of Atatürk University and is published tri-annually in April, October and December. The abbreviation of the journal’s title is “Atatürk University J. Vet. Sci.” Atatürk University Journal of veterinary Sciences was first published in 2006. This Journal is Indexed and abstracted in: ELSEVIER –Scopus, EBSCO, Cab Abstracts, CABI full text, ULAKBİM-TUBİTAK Yaşam Bilimleri, Türkiye Atıf Dizini and Google Scholar. Original research papers, case reports and invited or Editor-approved reviews to be submitted should be prepared either in Turkish or in English, must not be published elsewhere or submitted concomitantly to any other journal, within the scope of Veterinary Medicine and relevant Departments, i.e. Basic Veterinary Sciences (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Histology, Occupational/Professional Ethics and Deontology), Preclinical Veterinary Sciences (Pharmacology and Toxicology, Microbiology, Parasitology, Pathology, Virology), Clinical Veterinary Sciences (Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproduction and Artificial Insemination), Animal Science and Nutritional Sciences (Biostatistics, Genetics, Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders, Animal Enterprises Economy, Animal Science), Animal-Originated Food Hygiene and Technology, with, exotic animal science and laboratory animals, are published in this journal.