VetHelpline E-magazine is primarily an R2P (Research to Policy, Practice, and People) initiative within the veterinary and animal husbandry domain. It provides a platform for professionals to ensure the dissemination of their research work to target groups like policy initiators, investors, animal owners, and the public in general.

Following is an example of Research to policy/ practice/people questions to help you develop your article:

Category of publication: Disease control strategies 

Topic: Strategies for parasitic disease control in farm animals

'Research to public policy questions

• What is the justification for public investment in controlling parasitic diseases in farm animals?

Sub questions like:

• What is the evidence related to the burden of parasitic infections in farm animals within the Indian context?
• Do we have a national or state-level prevalence map for various parasitic diseases? ( Where to target? )
• What is the evidence of impact on productivity? Any attempt to quantify it?

Any evidence of government-sponsored parasitic disease control programs in India or elsewhere and the results thereof?

Is there any risk associated with mass government-sponsored deworming programs for livestock?

What is the opportunity and challenges of designing a national / state-level parasitic disease control program?

What can be the component of a designed public-funded program in India to control parasitic infections in farm animals?

Is there any guideline for government farms regarding controlling and monitoring parasitic diseases?

What is the assortment of VMPs ( Veterinary Medical Products) for dealing with a parasitic infestation nationally? How do we ensure safety and prevent resistance?

What is a research gap that can help public policy?

'Research to private policy' questions

How should an organized private farm design its parasitic disease control program in the Indian context?

'Research to practice or people' questions:

Does research suggest deworming of backyard chickens? If so, how to do it?

What is the economics of treating farm animals for the parasitic infestation in a smallholder context?

How to design a campaign to make farmers aware of the benefits of deworming?

Examples of article writing for VetHelpline E-magazine

The future of the veterinary profession lies in its diversity and the many ways in which members of the profession contribute to society."

– Dr.Jim Edwards, Former President World Veterinary Association

You can write an article highlighting the emerging role of Veterinarians and the scope of collaborative work with other professions.

Your article should lead to a better understanding of the veterinary profession, complementary knowledge sharing, and intra-institutional collaboration.

Where is the life we have lost in living?

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?

Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? 

– T.S Eliot, "The Rock" Faber & Faber 1934

You can write articles on the livestock market, value addition, entrepreneurship development, and policy.

Your article on the above topics should help planners and field development officers design and implement programs and projects.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to the CHANGE

– Charles Darwin

You can write articles on farming-related practices, technological options, managerial tools, software, etc. This should help a farmer prepare for the uncertainties and challenges of the new global order.

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.

– Milton Friedman

You can write articles on success stories and new learning that are linked to implemented policies and programs focusing on livestock sector development.

Please note that we accept the following: 

• Short issue-based article ( Max 1800 words ) with minimum use of technical jargon and with solid evidence
• Article expressing the personal journey, interactions, and experiences
• Articles describing research outcome /product benefits
• Opinion and ideas ( For publication under the opinion section )
• Info-graphics/pictorial presentation depicting a story.

Possible topics you may like to consider:

1. Stories of public-private partnership in the Veterinary and Livestock sector ( We published one in Jan 2022 )
2. How gender consideration in livestock projects can improve results – stories from the Indian subcontinent.
3. Improving the market competitiveness of non-dairy livestock products – the imperatives ( May be general or country or region focus )
4. Building clinical competency: How to orient and support undergraduate veterinary students
5. The missing links in veterinary workforce planning
6. Redefining public veterinary services – How to strengthen implementation of the regulatory and disease control-related functions?
7. Creating a system for monitoring animal movement in the context of countries in South Asia– the challenges and solutions
8. Can better animal welfare standards make a livestock enterprise competitive? How do we create demand for the adoption of welfare standards in Industries?
9. How can technology support the delivery of primary veterinary care to farmers?
10. Risk mapping and risk-based law enforcement for the safety of livestock products in the Indian context
11. Meeting the gap in the skilled supervisory workforce for emerging commercial livestock enterprises – The imperatives.
12. Building functional skills in veterinarians for entrepreneurship
13. Minimizing the contact with wild – stories of interventions involving livestock farmers in forest fringe areas.
14. Supporting the informal production and cottage processing of livestock products: Stories from South Asia
15. Making veterinary services accountable to the public – the stories from administrators

Submit your contribution through email at info@vethelplineindia.co.in

We do not publish highly technical and only disease-related research papers/articles (w.e.f 1st Jan 2021).

Guideline for submission of articles:

Authors are required to submit a statement on personal letterhead, highlighting the consent for publication, categories under which to be published, timeline of the article ( month and year of writing ), the target audience of the article, keywords ( for search engine ), and source of images/illustrations, etc.

Categories for publication:

• Animal Welfare and disaster management
• Companion, work animal, and wildlife health management.
• Disease control strategies
• Farming and enterprise management
• Feed and pharmaceuticals
• Food safety and public health
• Innovation, Technology, and Food processing
• Veterinary extension and farm skill development
• Livestock development stories
• Livestock policies, planning, and projects
• Veterinary profession and continuing education
• Veterinary extension and Farm skill Development
• Veterinary service delivery and practice management
• Resources on the emerging issues ( e.g., One Health, AMR, Bio-security / Bioterrorism )

You can also contribute relevant news, info-graphics / pictorial presentations depicting a story, and articles on opportunities for veterinarians and animal owners. 

We also publish your opinion on specific issues within the wider veterinary domain. 

The article should preferably not be more than 3000 words.

Submission should be in MS word format. Images/illustrations are mandatory.

For references ( if any ), please indicate the position of footnotes in the text and list the footnotes separately at the end of the article.

The submission of scan copies of the signed copyright form is mandatory.

Note: The article, once published, will remain online as archive content till the same is of relevance and/or throughout the life of the e-magazine. The authors are advised to update their articles periodically by sending an email request.                                                                                                                   

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