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Submission checklist
You can use this list to carry out a final check ofyour submission before you send it to the journal forreview. Please checktherelevantsectionin thisGuidefor Authors for more details.
Ensurethatthe following items are present:
One author has been designated asthe corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
• Includekeywords
• All figures (include relevantcaptions)
• All tables (including titles, description,footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations inthetextmatchthe files provided
• Indicate clearly ifcolorshouldbe used for any figures in print Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
Supplemental files (where applicable)
Further considerations
• Manuscript hasbeen 'spell checked' and'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in theReferenceListare cited in the text,and vice versa
• Permission hasbeenobtainedfor use of copyrighted material from other sources(including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, evenif theauthors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in thisguide have beenreviewed
• Refereesuggestions and contact detailsprovided, based onjournalrequirements
• We require that non-commercial product names areusedthroughout the text in submissions.
You mayinclude thecommercialname(s)of products in the Material andMethods section, then use onlythe non-commercial name thereafter
For further information, visit our Support Center.
Ethicsin publishing Animal Welfare
Circumstances relating to animal experimentation must meet the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals as issued by the Council for the International Organizations of Medical Sciences. Theyare obtainable from the following URL:
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/guiding_principles_2012.pdf. Unnecessary cruelty in animal experimentation is not acceptable to the Editors of Veterinary Parasitology. Pleaseinclude an animal welfare statement under theheading"Animal welfare statement" at the end of thetext.
Declaration ofcompeting interest
Corresponding authors, on behalf of all theauthorsofa submission,must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. All authors, including those without competing intereststo declare, should provide the relevant informationto the corresponding author (which, where relevant, may specify they have nothing to declare). Corresponding authors should then use this tool to create a shared statement and upload to the submission system atthe AttachFiles step. Please do not convertthe .docx template to anotherfiletype.
Author signatures are notrequired.
Submission declaration andverification
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or academic thesis, see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for moreinformation), thatit is not under consideration for publicationelsewhere,that its publication is approved by all authorsand tacitly or explicitly bytheresponsible authorities wheretheworkwas carriedout, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including
electronicallywithout thewritten consent of the copyright-holder. To verify compliance, your article may be checkedby Crossref Similarity Check andother originality orduplicate checking software.
Preprints
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in linewith Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprintse.g. on a preprint serverwillnot count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' formoreinformation).
Preprint posting on SSRN
In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service.
Preprints provide early registration and dissemination of your research, which facilitatesearly citations and collaboration.
During submission to Editorial Manager, you canchoose to releaseyour manuscript publicly as a preprint on the preprint server SSRN once it enters peer-review with the journal. Your choice will have no effectontheeditorialprocess or outcome withthejournal. Please notethat the corresponding author is expectedto seek approval from all co-authors before agreeing to releasethemanuscript publicly on SSRN.
You will be notifiedvia emailwhen your preprint isposted onlineandaDigitalObject Identifier (DOI) isassigned. Your preprint will remain globally availablefreeto read whether the journal accepts or rejects your manuscript.
For more information about posting to SSRN, please consult the SSRN Terms of Use and FAQs.
Use ofinclusive language
Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotesequal opportunities. Content should make no assumptionsabout the beliefs or commitments ofany reader; contain nothing which mightimply that one individual is superiorto another onthe grounds ofage, gender, race, ethnicity,culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition; and use inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is free from bias, stereotypes, slang, referenceto dominant cultureand/or cultural
assumptions. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") as default/wherever possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she." We recommendavoidingtheuseofdescriptors that refer to personal attributes such as age, gender, race, ethnicity,culture, sexual orientation,disabilityor health conditionunless they are relevant andvalid.Whencodingterminologyis used, we recommend to avoid offensiveorexclusionary terms such as"master", "slave", "blacklist" and"whitelist". We suggest using alternatives that are more appropriate and (self-) explanatory such as "primary", "secondary", "blocklist" and
"allowlist". These guidelines are meant as a point of reference to help identify appropriate language butare by no means exhaustive or definitive.
Reporting sex- and gender-basedanalyses Reporting guidance
For research involving or pertaining to humans, animals or eukaryotic cells, investigators should integratesex and gender-based analyses(SGBA) into their researchdesign according to funder/sponsorrequirements andbest practices within a field. Authors should address the sex and/or gender dimensions oftheir research in their article. In cases where they cannot, they should discuss this as a limitation to their research's generalizability. Importantly, authors should explicitly state whatdefinitions of sex and/or gender they are applying to enhance the precision, rigor and reproducibility of their research and to avoid ambiguity or conflation of terms andthe constructstowhich they refer (see Definitions sectionbelow). Authors can refer to the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines and the SAGER guidelines checklist. These offer systematic approaches to the useand editorial reviewof sexand gender information in study design, data analysis, outcome reporting and research interpretation - however, please notethere is no single, universally agreed-upon set ofguidelines for defining sex andgender.
Definitions
Sex generally refers to a set of biological attributes that are associated with physical and physiological features (e.g., chromosomal genotype, hormonal levels, internal and external anatomy). A binary sex categorization (male/female) is usually designated at birth ("sex assigned at birth"), most often based solely on the visible external anatomy of a newborn.
Gendergenerally refers to socially constructed roles, behaviors, and identities of women, men and gender-diverse people that occur in a historical and cultural context and may vary across societies and over time. Genderinfluences how people view themselves and each other, how
they behave and interact and how power is distributed in society. Sex and gender are often incorrectly portrayed as binary (female/male or woman/man) and unchanging whereas these constructs actually existalong a spectrum and include additional sex categorizations and gender identities such as people who are intersex/have differences of sex development (DSD) or identify as non-binary. Moreover, the terms "sex" and "gender" canbe ambiguous—thus it is important for authorsto define the manner inwhich they areused. In addition to this definition guidance andthe SAGERguidelines,the resources on this page offerfurtherinsightaround sex andgenderinresearchstudies.
Authorcontributions
For transparency, we encourage authors to submit an author statement file outlining their individual contributions tothepaper using therelevantCRediTroles:Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Authorshipstatements should be formatted with the names ofauthors first andCRediT role(s) following. More details and an example.
Authorship
All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design ofthe study,or acquisition of data, or analysisand interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of theversionto be submitted.
Changestoauthorship
Authors are expected toconsider carefullythelistand order ofauthors before submitting their manuscriptand provide thedefinitivelistofauthorsatthe time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangementofauthor names inthe authorshiplistshould be made only beforethemanuscript has been accepted andonlyif approved bythejournal Editor.To request such a change, the Editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason forthechange in author listand(b) written confirmation (e-mail,letter) from allauthors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition orremoval ofauthors, this includesconfirmation from the author being added or removed.
Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement ofauthors after the manuscript has been accepted. While the Editor considers
the request, publication of the manuscriptwill be suspended. If themanuscript has already been published in an onlineissue, any requests approved by the Editor will result in a corrigendum.
Article transferservice
This journal uses the Elsevier Article Transfer Service to find the best home for your manuscript. This means that if aneditorfeels your manuscript is more suitable for analternative journal, you might be asked to consider transferring the manuscript to such a journal. The recommendation might be provided by a Journal Editor, a dedicated Scientific Managing Editor, a tool assisted recommendation,or a combination. If you agree, your manuscript willbe transferred,though you will havethe opportunity to make changes tothemanuscript before the submission is complete. Please note that your manuscript will be independently reviewed by the new journal. More information.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'(see more informationon this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of themanuscript together with a'Journal PublishingAgreement' form or a linktothe online version of this agreement.
Subscribersmay reproduce tablesofcontents or prepare lists of articles including abstractsfor internal circulationwithin their institutions. Permission ofthe Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution andfor all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article.
Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases.
Find out how you can share your research published in Elsevier journals.
Role of the funding source
You are requested to identify who provided financial support forthe conduct of the research and/or preparationofthearticleand to brieflydescribe theroleof the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; inthe collection, analysisandinterpretation of data; inthe writing of thereport;and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement, it is recommended to state this.
Open access
Pleasevisit our Open Access pageformoreinformation.
Elsevier ResearcherAcademy
Researcher Academy is a free e-learning platform designed to support early and mid-career researchers throughout their research journey. The "Learn" environment at Researcher Academy offers several interactivemodules, webinars, downloadable guides and resources to guide you throughtheprocess of writing for researchand going throughpeer review. Feel free to use these free resources to improve your submission and navigate the publication process with ease.
Language(usageandediting services)
Please write your textin good English (AmericanorBritish usage is accepted,butnot a mixture of these). Authors who feel their English language manuscriptmay require editing to eliminate possiblegrammatical or spelling errors and to conform to correct scientificEnglish maywish to use the English LanguageEditing serviceavailable from Elsevier's Author Services.
Submission
Our online submission system guides you stepwise through the process of entering yourarticle details anduploading your files. Thesystem converts your article files to a single PDF file used in the peer-review process. Editable files (e.g., Word, LaTeX) are required to typeset your article forfinal publication. All correspondence, including notification ofthe Editor's decision and requests for revision, is sentbye-mail.
A cover letter is required for each new submission. It should address the novelty and significance ofthe work and how it fits within the defined scope ofVeterinaryParasitology.
Essential information, issues ofconcern or potential problems, (such as otherpublications or submissions containing similar information) should be identified in the cover letter. Authors who submit papers based on localdata/surveyswill needto indicate why theirpaper is relevant to a broader readership.
Authors are invited to suggest the names ofup to 5 referees(withemail addresses) whom they feel are qualified toevaluate their submission. Submission of suchnames does not, however, imply that they willdefinitely be used as referees.
For queries concerning the submission process or journal procedures pleasevisit theElsevier Support Center. Authors can check the status of their manuscriptwithin the review procedure usingElsevier Editorial System.
Authors submitting hardcopy papers will be asked to resubmitusing Elsevier Editorial System.
Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Submission also implies that all authors have approved the paperfor release and are in agreement with its content. Upon acceptance of the article by the journal, the author(s)will be asked to transfer the copyrightofthe article tothe Publisher.
This transfer will ensure thewidest possibledisseminationof information.
ArticleTransferService
This journal is part of our Article Transfer Service. This means that ifthe Editor feels your article is more suitable in one ofour other participating journals, then you may be asked to consider transferring the articleto one of those. If you agree, your article will be transferred automatically on your behalfwith no need to reformat. More information about this can be found here: https://www.elsevier.com/authors/article-transfer-service.
Submit your article
Please submityour article viahttps://www.editorialmanager.com/VETPAR/default.aspx.
Queries
For questionsabout the editorial process(includingthe status ofmanuscriptsunderreview) or for technical support on submissions, please visit our Support Center.
Peer review
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability forthe journal. Papers deemed suitable are thentypically sentto a minimum of two independent expertreviewers to assess the scientific quality of the
paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles.TheEditor's decision is final. Editorsarenotinvolvedindecisions about papers which they have written themselves or have been written byfamily members or colleagues or which relate to products or services in which theeditor has an interest. Any suchsubmission is subject to all of the journal's usual procedures, with peer review handled independentlyof therelevant editor andtheirresearch groups. More informationon types of peer review.
If at all possible please refrainfrom sending chasers to the Editorial Office asking about the status ofyour paper under review, as the Editors aim to review your paper as efficiently as possible andthe enquiry is unlikely to speeduptheprocess.
Useof word processingsoftware
It is important that the file be saved in thenative format ofthewordprocessor used. Thetext should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codeswill be removed and replaced on processing thearticle. In particular, do not use the word processor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. When preparing tables, if you are usinga table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If nogridis used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way verysimilar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier:
https://www.elsevier.com/guidepublication). Note that source files offigures, tables and text graphicswill be required whether or notyou embed your figures inthetext. See alsothe section onElectronicartwork.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell -check' and 'grammar- check'functionsof your word processor.
Article structure
Manuscripts should have numbered lines with wide margins and double spacing throughout, i.
e. also for abstracts, footnotes and references. Every page of the manuscript should be numbered. However, inthetext no reference should made to page numbers; ifnecessary, one may refer tosections.Avoid excessiveusage ofitalicsto emphasize partof the text.
Manuscripts in general should beorganized in the following order:
Title (should be clear, descriptive andnot toolong) Name(s) ofauthor(s)
Complete postal address(es) of affiliations
Full telephone, Fax No. and e-mail address of the corresponding author Present address(es) of author(s) if applicable
Completecorrespondence address including e-mail address to whichtheproofs should be sent Abstract
Keywords (indexing terms),normally 3-6 items. Please refer to last index(Vol. 100/3-4).
Introduction
Material studied, areadescriptions, methods,techniques Results
Discussion Conclusion
Acknowledgmentsandany additional information concerning research grants, etc.
References Tables
Figurecaptions
Tables (separatefile(s)) Figures (separate file(s)).
Titles and subtitles should not be run within the text. They should be typed on a separate line, without indentation. Use lower-case letter type.
SI units should be used.
Elsevier reserves the privilege of returning to theauthor for revision accepted manuscriptsand illustrationswhich arenotinthe proper form giveninthisguide.
Subdivision - numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstractis not included in section numbering).
Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a briefheading. Each heading should appear on itsown separateline.
Essential titlepage information
• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems.Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
• Author names and affiliations. Pleaseclearly indicate the given name(s) andfamily name(s) of eachauthorandcheck that all names areaccuratelyspelled. Youcanadd your name between parenthesesinyour own script behind the Englishtransliteration.Present theauthors'affiliation addresses (where the actual workwas done)below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letterimmediately after theauthor'snameand in frontof the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address ofeach affiliation, including the country name and, if available,thee-mailaddress ofeach author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any futurequeries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept upto date bythe corresponding author.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has movedsince the work described in thearticle was done, orwas visiting atthe time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanentaddress') may be indicated as a footnote to that author'sname. The addressat which the author actually did the workmust be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Highlights
Highlightsaremandatory forthis journal asthey help increasethe discoverability of your article via search engines. They consist of a short collection of bullet points that capture the novel resultsof your research as wellas new methods that wereused during the study (ifany). Please have alookatthe examples here: example Highlights.
Highlights should be submitted in a separate editable file in the online submission system.
Please use 'Highlights'in the file nameand include3 to5 bullet points (maximum 85 characters, including spaces,perbullet point).
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract isrequired. The abstract should statebriefly the purpose ofthe research, the principal results andmajor conclusions. An abstractisoften presentedseparately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. Forthis reason, References shouldbe avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon
abbreviations should be avoided, butif essential they must be defined at their firstmentionin the abstractitself.
The abstract should beclear, descriptive and not more than400 words.
Graphical abstract
Although a graphical abstract isoptional, its use is encouraged as it draws more attention tothe online article. The graphical abstract should summarizethe contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designedto capturetheattentionof a wide readership. Graphical abstractsshould be submittedas a separatefilein the online submission system. Imagesize: Pleaseprovide an image with aminimum of531 x 1328 pixels (h x w) or proportionally more. The image should be readable at a size of 5 x 13 cm using a regular screen resolution of96 dpi. Preferred file types: TIFF, EPS,PDFor MS Office files. You can view Example Graphical Abstracts on our information site.
Formulae
1. Givethemeaningof all symbols immediatelyafter the equationinwhichtheyarefirstused.
2. For simple fractions use thesolidus (/) instead of ahorizontal line.
3. Equations should be numbered seriallyattheright-hand side inparentheses. In general only equations explicitly referred tointhetext need be numbered.
4. The use of fractional powers instead of root signs is recommended. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.
5. Inchemicalformulae, valence of ions should be given as, e.g. Ca2+, not as Ca++.
6. Isotope numbers should precede the symbols e.g. 18O.
7. The repeated use of chemical formulae in thetext isto be avoided wherereasonably possible;
instead,the name ofthe compound should be given in full. Exceptions may be made in thecase of a very longname occurring very frequently orin the case of acompound being described as the endproductof a gravimetricdetermination (e.g. phosphate as P2O5).