AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

WESTERN SECTION

Instructions for Abstract Submission

University of California, Davis, California

June 20-23, 2000

DUE DATE: MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 2, 2000

General Information: Oral papers or posters should consist of original, completed research that has not yet been published in a research journal. Members are encouraged to present research reports in poster sessions to facilitate discussion of research results among members, and to diversify the meeting format.

Authors need to be aware of patent considerations before submitting abstracts for publication.

Abstract Submission Guidelines: All abstracts must be submitted electronically via the World Wide Web, at

http://www.asas.org/western

Instructions for submitting the abstract are available on the Web site. After the deadline it will not be possible to submit abstracts. When you submit your abstract, you will be given a tracking number and password. Make a note of these; they will allow you to revise your submitted abstract at any time before the deadline.

Space limitations allow a maximum of 2,300 keystrokes (including characters, spaces, and punctuation). Begin count at the title and end count with the last key word or end of a table if one is included. Abstracts that are too long will be rejected automatically by the system. Coding for special characters is not included in the total keystroke count.

If you must use boldface, italic or sub-/superscript type anywhere in the abstract, consult the Text Attributes Coding information below. This special coding is not counted in the 2,300 allowed keystrokes. Special characters such as Greek letters and math symbols are available on the electronic submission form itself.

Abstract Requirements: The author submitting the abstract is responsible for its content and quality of preparation. The Program Committee of the host institution has the responsibility to accept or reject abstracts. Criteria for acceptance or rejection will include those outlined in these instructions and "Quality Standards for Abstracts" (see accompanying information), as well as originality, clarity, and merit. Consolidation of results into one combined paper is urged whenever possible.

The host Program Committee has the authority to restrict the number of abstracts accepted. If withdrawal of an abstract becomes necessary, notify James Oltjen, Secretary-Treasurer, WSASAS, Department of Animal Science, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, phone (530) 752-5650 immediately.

Author Notification: Receipt of the electronic submission of the abstract will be acknowledged by e-mail. Authors of rejected abstracts will be sent a letter stating the abstract has been rejected. As soon as the program is finalized with days, times and locations it will be on the ASAS Web site. Hard copies of the program will not be mailed.

Presentation Information: Presentations may be made using 2" x 2" slides or MS PowerPoint computer-generated visuals. Conventional carousel slide projectors and PowerPoint computer projectors will be provided by the host institution. Please specify what equipment you expect to use when you submit your abstract. Projected material should include large letters for easy reading. See "Slide Preparation Guidelines for Oral Presentations" (enclosed). If you are using PowerPoint for your presentation, you must submit your visuals by "Zip disk" or e-mail to James Oltjen (Department of Animal Science, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616; e-mail: jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu) by Wednesday, June 14, 2000.

The usual scheduled time for presentation of each oral paper is 12 minutes with 3 minutes for questions, discussion and speaker transition. The Program Committee has the prerogative to ask some presenters to use a time other than 15 minutes. Also the Program Committee will reserve the right to place papers submitted for oral presentation into a poster presentation (or vice versa).

If Your Abstract Includes a Table: The electronic submission form does allow submission of tables. The printed abstract width allows for 70 keystrokes per line, including spaces; keep this in mind when formatting the table. Tables that are too wide are not printable. You must also include coding for text attributes in the table. This includes the italicization, superscripting and subscripting of numbers and letters in the table and the footnotes.

Section Preferences:

Be sure to mark 1^st and 2^nd Preferences on the Submission Form.

Section Preferences:

Behavior Breeding and Genetics Environment & Livestock Management Extension Growth & Development Meat Science & Muscle Biology

Nonruminant Nutrition Pastures and Forages Physiology Ruminant Nutrition Teaching Graduate Student Paper Competition

Text Attributes Coding Information

To make a word boldface, type \bold{word}

To italicize a word, type \italicize{word}

To make a character superscript, type $^{3}$ (superscript 3 in this example)

To make a character subscript, type $_{2}$ (subscript 2 in this example)

To insert a hat above a character, type \hat{a} (â in this example)

Do not insert any extra spaces between the coding string and the adjacent characters in a word or expression. Do not use your word processor's attribute functions to create bold, italics, or super-/subscripts. You must use the coding given above. The characters %, #, &, _, ^, $, and {} are used by the LaTeX formatting language, which we use to format the abstract. If you need to use one of these characters in your abstract, it must be preceded by a \(backslash).

Special math and Greek characters are available from a grid on the submission form itself. The character boxes to the right of the text area are provided so that you do not have to insert TeX coding for these characters. Clicking on one of these characters in the box will insert the code for that character into your abstract document. Please Note: characters you choose from the boxes always appear at the end of the text already present in the abstract text area. If you have pasted your abstract into the text area from another word processor file, any special character you choose will appear at the end of your abstract. Simply highlight the code for this character then cut and paste it into the correct location in the abstract text.