Submissions
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About
The Iowa State University Animal Industry Report is an annual report of the research activities that relate to the animal agriculture industries. It brings together research reports from faculty associated with various departments on campus, relating to the Beef, Dairy, Equine, Poultry, Sheep, Swine and companion animal industries in the state of Iowa. This research is conducted to support the viability of each of these industries in Iowa. The research reported here is supported by the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station.
Submission Checklist
Template
Submissions should use the Animal Industry Report template.
Section Headings
- Title
- Authors
- Summary and Implications
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Tables/Figures (numbered individually)
- Acknowledgements (if necessary)
Style Guidelines
General
- Submit as Microsoft Word document, .docx preferred.
- Font—Times New Roman, including tables and figures.
- Margins—top: 1.18"; left, right and bottom: 0.75".
- Text columns—width: 3.38"; between columns: 0.25”.
- Do not number pages.
- No references.
Formatting of individual elements
- Title/Headline—18 pt., bold, stack and center.
- DOI #—12 pt., bold, center. Enter DOI xxx-xxxx in this line. Actual DOI # will be added by publisher.
- Authors & titles—10 pt., stack and center.
- A-level subhead—10 pt., bold and center.
- Summary and Implications—10 pt., indent .25".
- Text—10 pt., .25" indent.
- B-level subhead—10 pt., italic.
- C-level subhead—10 pt., italic, .25" indent, two spaces before leading into copy.
- Table number & captions—10 pt., bold, flush left, sentence _style (Capital letter, period).
- Table/Figure text—10 pt. All tables in 1 or 2 full columns; adjust spacing between tabs to center with box.
- Figure number & captions—10 pt., bold, flush left, sentence style (Capital letter, period).
Abstract
Copy and paste the contents of the Summary and Implications into this section. The Summary and Implications section must still be included in your submitted file.
Copyright Notice
Work published in the Iowa State University Animal Industry Report is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits reuse of the work for non-commercial purposes, so long as appropriate credit is given.Works authored by an employee of the United States government acting in their official duties is not protected by copyright in the United States. When submitting work by a U.S. government employee (e.g., USDA), the "Public Domain" option should be selected under License.
Licences
The following licences are allowed:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. - Public Domain
Works created by U.S. government employees as part of their official duties are not subject to copyright protection in the United States.
Sections
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Section or article type |
Public Submissions |
Peer Reviewed |
Indexed |
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Animal Health |
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Animal Products |
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Article |
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Beef |
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Body Composition Evaluation |
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Breeding and Genetics |
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Breeding Physiology |
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Companion Animal |
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Cow-calf Management and Marketing |
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Dairy |
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Environment |
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Environmental Management |
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Equine |
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Feedlot Nutrition |
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Feedlot Nutrition and Growth and Management |
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Feedlot Nutrition and Nutrition Management |
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Financial Management |
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Food Safety |
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Forage Utilization |
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Forage Utilization and Beef Cow Nutrition |
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Growth and Body Composition |
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Growth and Development |
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Health |
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Health Management |
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Management Economics |
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Marketing |
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Marketing and Management |
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Meat |
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Meat Science and Product Quality |
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Nontrad Livestock |
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Nutrition |
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Physiology |
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Poultry |
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Realtime Ultrasound and Body Composition |
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Reproduction |
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Reproduction and Physiology |
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Sheep |
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Small Animals |
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Small Ruminants |
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Swine |
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Teaching |
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Zoo/Non-Traditional Livestock |
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Other Species |