TECHNICAL WRITING AND

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Prof G N PUROHIT
Head, Department of Veterinary
Gynecology and Obstetrics, Veterinary
College, Bikaner
 TECHNICAL WRITING
• Technical writing is a broad term that
encompasses a wide variety of documents in
science, engineering and skilled trades.
• The major types of documents in technical
writing can be grouped as

• 1. Reports and communications in day-to-day

business
• 2. Technical papers, magazine articles, books and
theses for purposes of education, teaching and
sharing of information and knowledge
• 3. Patents
• 4. Operational manuals, instructions or
procedures
 REPORTS
• Design-Engineering
• Annual report
• Monthly report
• Analysis report-Pathology labs, geology,
agriculture, chemistry, economic feasibility etc
• Evaluation report
• Economic feasibility report
• Other reports
 Education
• Scientific articles
• Magazines
• Theses
• Books
• Leaflets for farmers
• Short communications
 Manuals
• Operational manuals
• Instructions for use
• Operational procedures
• Technical safety manuals
• Assembly instructions
 Patents
• Lawyers usually help in writing patents but
much of the part of the application for patents
is written by technical persons based on their
development of design, formula, instrument
or other things
 Attributes of technical writing
• It pertains to a technical subject
• It has a purpose and objective
• It is concise
• It conveys information/facts/data
• It is impersonal
• It is written in a particular style and format
• It cites contributions of others
 Technical subjects
• Philosophy, psychology and religion
• History, Geography and anthropology
• Social Sciences
• Political Science
• Law
• Education and Fine Arts
• Science
• Agriculture
• Language and Literature
• Technology
• Health/Medicine
 Journals -Anatomy
• Indian Journal of Veterinary Anatomy
• Journal of Veterinary Anatomy
• Animal Anatomy
 Veterinary Physiology
• Veterinary Physiology
• Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal
Nutrition Wiley
• Indian J Vet Physiology
 Vet Microbiology
• Veterinary Microbiology Elsevier
• Indian Journal of Microbiology Springer
• Indian Journal of Applied Microbiology
• Indian Journal of Comparative Microbiology
• Indian Journal of Microbiology Research
 Veterinary Parasitology
• Veterinary Parasitology
• Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
 Vet Pharmacology
• Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and
Therapeutics Wiley
• Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Indian Journal of Pharmacy and and
Pharmacology
 Veterinary Pathology
• Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology
• Veterinary Pathology SAGE
• Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology
 LPM
• International Journal of Livestock Production
• Livestock Production
• Livestock Science
• Indian Journal of Livestock Production and
Management
 Animal Nutrition
• Animal Nutrition
• Journal of Applied Animal Nutrition
• Animal Feed Science and Technology
• Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition
 Animal Breeding and Genetics
• The Indian Journal of Animal Breeding and
Genetics
• Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Wiley
• The Journal of Animal Genetics
 Veterinary Extension
• The Journal of Agricultural Education and
Extension
• Indian Research Journal of Extension
Education
• Indian Journal of Extension Education
 Preventive Vet Medicine
• Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Journal of the Preventive Medicine
• Indian Journal of Preventive Medicine
 Clinical Vet Medicine
• Journal of Veterinary Medicine
• Veterinary Medicine and Science Wiley
• Journal of American Veterinary Medical
Association
• Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
 Vet Surgery
• Veterinary Surgery
• Indian Journal of Veterinary Surgery
• Advances in Small Animal Medicine and
Surgery Elsevier
 Vet Biotechnology
• Indian Journal of Vet Sciences and
Biotechnology
• Journal of Biotechnology
• Indian Journal of Biotechnology
• European Journal of Biotechnology
 Vet Gynec and Obst
• Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction
• Theriogenology
• Animal Reproduction Science
• Biology of Reproduction
• Reproduction in Domestic Animals
• THANKS For YOUR
PATIENT HEARING