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

http://www.fass.org/2004

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. Abstracts are required for all submitted papers, all invited papers, and all symposia presentations.

Individual Program Committees have the responsibility to accept or reject abstracts. Criteria for acceptance or rejection will include those outlined in these instructions and “Quality Standards for Abstracts at http://www.fass.org/2004 as well as originality, clarity, and merit. Consolidation of results into one combined paper is urged whenever possible.

The Overall Program Chair has authority to restrict the number of abstracts accepted. The Program Committee Chairs have the authority to restrict the number of presentations per presenter. However, there are no limits to the number of abstracts an individual may submit. Also individual Program Committee Chairs have the prerogative to place papers submitted for oral presentation into a poster presentation (or vice versa). If withdrawal of an abstract becomes necessary, notify Larry Benyshek, Overall Program Chair, immediately.

Author Notification: Authors of rejected abstracts will be sent a letter stating why the abstract has been rejected. Check the web site after April 1, 2004 for a list of accepted abstracts. As soon as the program is finalized with days, times, and locations it will be on the meeting website web site http://www.fass.org/2004.

Presentation Information: LCD projectors will be available for presentations. LCD presentations will only be accepted as PowerPoint for PCs (no Mac files). If you require special equipment, please complete the "Special A/V Needs Request Form" http://www.fass.org/2004. Detailed information on presentations using LCD projectors and poster presentations can be found on the web site http://www.fass.org/2004. Poster presenters must be present at their poster for two hours (time period to be announced). The boards will be 4' high and 8' wide. Presenters must furnish their own tacks or stick pins (no Velcro).

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

If Your Abstract Includes a Table: The keystroke limit will be 1800 for the abstract and 500 for the table. The electronic submission form does allow submission of tables. The printed abstract width allows for 70 keystrokes per line, including spaces; the system also limits tables to a maximum of 10 columns and 15 rows; 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: Possible sections to which you may submit your abstract include the following:

ADSA-SAD (Student Affiliate Division) Undergraduate Competition

SAD-Dairy Foods (Undergraduate)
SAD-Dairy Production (Undergraduate)
SAD-Original Research (Undergraduate)

ALPHARMA Beef Cattle Nutrition
Animal Behavior and Well-being
Animal Health

PSA-Immunology
PSA-Pathology

Beef Species
Bioethics
Breeding and Genetics

PSA-Genetics

Companion Animals
Contemporary and Emerging Issues
Dairy Foods
Extension Education

PSA-Extension and Instruction

Food Safety

PSA-Processing and Products

Forages and Pastures
Goat Species
Graduate Student Paper Competition

National ADSA Foods Only (Graduate)
National ADSA Production Only (Graduate)
ADSA-ASAS Northeastern Branch Only (Graduate)
ADSA Southern Branch Only (Graduate)

Growth and Development
Horse Species
International Animal Agriculture
Lactation Biology
Meat Science and Muscle Biology
Milk Protein and Enzymes
Nonruminant Nutrition

PSA-Nutrition

Physiology and Endocrinology

PSA-Physiology

Production, Management, and the Environment

PSA-Environment and Management

Rabbit Species
Ruminant Nutrition

Ruminant-Beef
Ruminant-Dairy
Ruminant-Other Ruminants
General Ruminant Nutrition

Sheep Species
ADSA Southern Section Symposium
Swine Species
Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education
Triennial Growth Symposium
Women & Minority Issues in Animal Agriculture

Text Attributes Coding Information
When special characters or fonts, such as Greek characters, superscripts, or subscripts are needed, indicate these by the following TeX coding:

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 over a character, type h{a}h (â in this example)
To make a character bold, format it like this; <b>word</b> the result will be word.
To italicize a character, format it like this; <i>word</i> the result will be word.
To underline a character, format it like this; <u>word</u> the result will be word.

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. Special math and Greek characters are available from the grid on the submission form itself; just click on the character you wish to insert. If your abstract includes a table, you must also include coding for text attributes in the table. This includes the superscripting and subscripting of numbers and letters in the table and the footnotes.

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.

Submission Procedures: After reading these instructions, if you have any questions regarding submission, contact Jennifer Gavel or Keely Roy at abstract@assochq.org.