JVHC ISSN 2575-1212 Single blind peer review 11 editors 7 countries
Editorial Board
The editors of the Journal of Veterinary Healthcare assess whether a manuscript falls within the journal's scope, whether it has been conducted and reported to a standard that supports its conclusions, and whether the evidence for animal welfare and research ethics is present. They select and weigh independent reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief takes the decision.
Editorial decisions are independent of article processing charges, membership, sponsorship and advertising. An editor with a competing interest does not handle the manuscript, and another editor without a conflict oversees the review. Positions, institutions and ORCID iDs below are current as at the date in the register.
| Review model | Single blind |
|---|---|
| Reviewers | At least two independent subject-matter experts |
| Decision | Editor-in-Chief |
| Conflicted editor | Must recuse; another editor oversees the review |
| Fees and membership | No bearing on the decision |
| Appointment | Vetted; there is no automatic registration |
| Records checked | 3 August 2026 |
Editor-in-Chief
Editorial direction · scope · final decision
Editor-in-Chief
Mohammed A. Elmetwally
Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt
Theriogenology; Doppler assessment of uterine, umbilical and placental blood flow in cattle and small ruminants
- Sets the journal's editorial direction and its scope boundary.
- Screens submissions and assigns them to an editor with relevant expertise.
- Approves reviewer selection and weighs the reports received.
- Takes the decision to accept, revise or decline.
- Manages conflicts of interest and orders recusal where independence is in doubt.
- Escalates suspected misconduct and authorises corrections and retractions.
The Editor-in-Chief has authored or co-authored 5 of the 39 articles JVHC has published, and is the corresponding author on four of them. An author assessing this journal is entitled to know that. Under the journal's editor guidelines an editor must not handle their own submission and another editor without a conflict oversees the review.
Those manuscripts predate the current guidelines. JVHC has not published a record of how each was handled, and the editorial office should establish and publish that record.
Editorial Board
10 members · 10 of 11 with ORCID
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Betül Apaydın Yıldırım
Professor
Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Atatürk University
Erzurum, Türkiye
Veterinary biochemistry; oxidative stress, phytotherapy and reproductive biochemistry
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Burak Dik
Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Selçuk University
Konya, Türkiye
Veterinary pharmacology and toxicology; endotoxemia, wound healing and pharmacokinetics, with clinical trials in dogs
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Angela Maria Xavier Eloy
Researcher
Embrapa Goats and Sheep
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
Small-ruminant reproduction; seminal-plasma proteomics and caprine arthritis encephalitis
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Karima Gh. M. Mahmoud
Professor of Reproductive Genetics
Department of Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination
National Research Centre
Giza, Egypt
Buffalo, camel and small-ruminant reproduction; oocyte vitrification and in vitro maturation
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Renita W. Marshall
Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Services
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Southern University and A&M College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Livestock health, animal disease and parasitology; founding director of the university's One Health institute
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Caroline Rizzi
Professor
Course of Medicine
Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul
Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Recombinant vaccines and immunology; leptospirosis, mycobacteriosis and bacterial pathogens of cattle and swine
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Martin Svoboda
Ruminant and Swine Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Veterinary Sciences Brno
Brno, Czechia
Ruminant and swine clinical medicine; trace elements, mycotoxins and herd-level metabolic disease
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Gabriela Noronha de Toledo
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Patos, Paraíba, Brazil
Veterinary oncology and pathology; canine transmissible venereal tumor, melanoma and immunohistochemistry
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Yanzhou Yang
Key Laboratory of Fertility Preservation and Maintenance, Ministry of Education
Ningxia Medical University
Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
Ovarian follicle development, granulosa-cell survival and reproductive toxicology in laboratory-animal models
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Adnan Yousaf
Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences
Sindh Agriculture University
Tandojam, Pakistan
Poultry health and production; broiler-breeder hatchability and flock disease investigation
Each name links to that editor's profile. Each ORCID iD links to the registry record it belongs to.
Expertise and coverage
Board matched to the published recordThe subject areas below are the ones JVHC has actually published in, set against the editors who can assess work in each. The record count is the number of published articles whose primary subject is that area.
| Subject area | Published records | Editors who assess it |
|---|---|---|
| Microbiology and infectious disease | 8 | Marshall, Rizzi |
| Reproduction and theriogenology | 6 | Elmetwally, Eloy, Mahmoud, Yang |
| Parasitology | 6 | Marshall |
| Pathology and oncology | 5 | Toledo |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 3 | Dik, Yıldırım |
| Public health, food safety and zoonoses | 3 | Marshall, Svoboda |
| Nutrition and metabolism | 3 | Svoboda, Yousaf, Yıldırım |
Where a manuscript needs expertise the board does not hold, the handling editor invites external specialist reviewers. Reviewer selection is not limited to board members, and a submission is declined rather than assessed by someone unqualified to judge it.
How editorial oversight works
Stage 1
Editorial screening
Every submission is screened for scope fit, ethical documentation, reporting quality and basic methodological completeness, and checked for plagiarism and redundant publication.
Stage 2
Assignment
A manuscript that passes screening is assigned to an editor with relevant veterinary expertise. An editor with a conflict does not handle it.
Stage 3
Independent review
Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts. Review is single blind: reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors.
Stage 4
Decision
The Editor-in-Chief weighs the reports and decides. Recommendations do not replace editorial judgment. Authors may appeal, and an appeal is reviewed by a senior editor.
Manuscripts are assessed for scope, scholarly quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and research integrity.
Governance and conflicts of interest
Summary only — policies govern- Mandatory recusal. An editor must not handle their own submission, work by close collaborators, or a manuscript affected by a financial, professional or personal interest.
- Independent handling. Another editor without a conflict oversees the usual review, including reviewer selection and the decision.
- Confidentiality. Manuscripts, reviewer identities, reports and correspondence are confidential and must not be shared or reused beyond the editorial task.
- Editorial independence. Fees, waivers, membership, sponsorship, advertising and service as an editor or reviewer have no bearing on any decision.
- Disclosure. Authors, editors and reviewers disclose interests that could reasonably be perceived to influence the work or its assessment.
- AI and external systems. Reviewers must obtain journal permission before using AI to assist with a review. Any permitted use must be disclosed, and confidential manuscript content must not be uploaded where confidentiality cannot be assured.
- Appeals and complaints. A procedural complaint is assessed separately from disagreement with scientific judgment, and the decision record is preserved.
- Suspected misconduct. The decision is paused and the concern referred through the journal's integrity process.
- The published record. Corrections, expressions of concern and retractions are issued when the record requires them, and every notice remains linked to the article.
- Appointment. Editorial roles are vetted. An appointment requires verified identity, a current affiliation, relevant veterinary expertise and a curriculum vitae; there is no automatic registration.
These are summaries. The editorial policies and the guidelines for editors are the governing documents.
Animal ethics and research integrity
JVHC publishes work on owned animals, farms, wildlife, pathogens and biological materials. Before a manuscript reaches review, the handling editor establishes that the evidence below is present and adequate.
- Ethics approval from the responsible institutional or national body, named and numbered.
- Compliance with the welfare regulations of the country where the work was done.
- Owner or custodian consent for client-owned animals, and for any identifiable animal, farm or case detail.
- Humane endpoints, welfare monitoring and the handling of animals removed from a study.
- Permits for wildlife, protected species, field sites and farm access.
- Biosafety and biosecurity for work with pathogens, and the zoonotic risk to handlers.
- Justification for antimicrobial use, dose and withdrawal periods where treatment was given.
- A data-availability statement on every empirical research manuscript.
- Unaltered figures: no obscuring, removing or inventing image content.
- Statistical and reporting quality appropriate to the study design, with the relevant reporting checklist.
- Declared conflicts of interest and declared funding.
Requirements are set out in full in the editorial policies and the instructions for authors.
Submit to a board that can read your work
If your manuscript sits within the subject areas above, the editors listed on this page are the people who will assess it.
Questions about editorial process, appointments or a conflict of interest go to the editorial office at [email protected].