Authors will be required to confirm their adherence to DJVS  Ethics Policy during the
submission process. To verify compliance with the above policies, authors must
provide an Ethics Statement detailing the ethical review committee approval process
and the international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for humane animal
treatment followed. If no ethical approval was required, for example, if the paper is a
review which includes no original research data – this should be stated within the
Ethics Statement.
Examples of how these statements may look are below (the highlighted text should
be adjusted accordingly):

Example of an Ethics Statement where ethical approval was required: ‘The authors
confirm that the ethical policies of the journal, as noted on the journal’s author guidelines
page, have been adhered to. The research was approved by the [ethical review
committee] at [institution name] ([ethical approval number]). The [US National Research
Council's guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals] were followed.’

Example of an Ethics Statement where ethical approval was not required: ‘The
authors confirm that the ethical policies of the journal, as noted on the journal’s author
guidelines page, have been adhered to. No ethical approval was required as this is a
review article with no original research data.’”