MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN SECTION

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Date: December 2001

Subject: Call for abstracts for the 2002 Western Section American Society of Animal Science (WSASAS) meeting. Information on the WSASAS Proceedings and Awards Nominations.

From: Jack C. Whittier Phone: (970) 491-6233

Secretary-Treasurer, WSASAS FAX: (970) 491-5326

Department of Animal Sciences E-mail: Jack.Whittier@Colostate.Edu

105B Animal Sciences

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523-1171

The 2002 Western Section of the American Society of Animal Science (WSASAS) meeting will be held at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, on June 19-21 (Symposium on June 19 and tour on June 21 and/or 22). Please note the following dates with respect to this meeting:

March 6, 2002 Abstracts should be prepared and submitted as instructed by the enclosed material no later than this date. Please ensure that abstracts conform to Quality Standards for Abstracts found on the WSASAS home page (www.asas.org/westernsection).

March 6, 2002 Nominations for the WSASAS Distinguished Service, Young Scientist, Distinguished Teacher, and Extension Awards should be forwarded to Dr. Patrick G. Hatfield, Montana State University, 230B Linfield Hall, PO Box 172900, Bozeman, MT 59717. Instructions for nominations can be found on the WSASAS home page (www.asas.org/westernsection). Please take this opportunity to nominate individuals at your institution or company that are doing outstanding work and deserve recognition.

April 5, 2002 Manuscripts for the WSASAS Proceedings (Volume 53) should be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer, WSASAS at the address above, postmarked no later than this date. A copy of the manuscript should be submitted as either a Word Perfect or Word file on a 3.5 inch disk along with the manuscript hard copy. Instructions for preparation of the manuscript can be found on the WSASAS homepage (www.asas.org/westernsection). Manuscripts are suggested to be four pages in length and are to be photo-ready. Please do not staple. Please make us aware of your presentation needs.

The Applied Animal Science Award, sponsored by industry, was voted in as a regular award of the Western Section at the executive committee meeting in Bozeman in 2001. The awards are selected from proceedings papers submitted for publication in the WSASAS proceedings based on the criteria of 1) Applicability to current production systems 2) Potential for economic return on investment 3) New and innovative approaches to existing production problems. The papers will be evaluated and selected by a committee of industry and academic animal agriculture consultants appointed and chaired by the WSASAS Industry Representative. Persons interested in having their proceedings paper reviewed by this committee for this award must submit by, April 5, 2002, a hard copy and electronic file of the proceedings paper directly to: Dr. Jim Killen, Nutra-Lix, Inc., 201 Sugar Avenue, P.O. Box 31833, Billings MT 59107, 800-568-6952 Of, 406-425-4856 Mbl, jhkillen@aol.com.

The enclosed invoice for page charges and publication approval form or an equivalent form from your institution should be submitted with the manuscript. In addition, please include a publication fee of $20.00/page. Checks should be made payable to: Western Section, American Society of Animal Science, c/o Dr. Jack Whittier at the address above.

Materials included in this mailing along with 2002 meeting information, registration, and housing information (via a link found on the WSASAS home page, accessible in the near future), instructions for nominations, WSASAS committee assignments, guidelines for oral and poster presentations, and an example proceedings are available at the WSASAS homepage (www.asas.org/westernsection).

Please encourage your students to participate in the Graduate Student Paper Competition held during the annual meeting and to become member of the American Society of Animal Science. Graduate Student registration fees will be waived if registration is received before the Registration deadline.