Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology (ANFT)
is
published tri-annually (January, May and September) in English
by the Animal Nutrition Association, India. The suitability of
papers for publication in the journal is judged by the peer
review. Chief Editor has full responsibility for papers which
are edited in the order received.
A. Submission of papers
1. Manuscript of original full length papers (limited to
about 4000 words), review articles (up to 8000 words) and
short communications (up to 1500 words) must be typed on A-4
paper, double spaced; the original copy along with two
photocopies should be submitted. Manuscript, in general,
should be organized in the order:
(i) Title (should be clear and not too long) (ii) Present
address (es) of authors (iii) Abstract (iv) Key words (max. 5)
(v) Running title (vi) Text of research paper divided into
Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion,
Acknowledgement, if any, References, Tables and Figures.
2. Tables should be double spaced and as few as possible;
weights and measures must be expressed in metric system and
temperature in the Celsius scale.
3. The legends for figures should be typed on a separate
sheet. Photographs should be carefully prepared and labelled
on the back with figure number.\
4. The preferred medium of submission of revised manuscript
by corresponding author is by e-mail (anft.journal@gmail.com).
B. Structure of manuscripts
1. Title page
The first page of the manuscript should start with title
page which is to be typed in bold faced print using both upper
and lower case letters and set in the centre of the page. The
name of the authors follow. Naming an author on a paper
implies that the person named is aware of the research
reported and agrees with and accepts responsibility for any
results or conclusions reported. The address of the
institution where the research was conducted should include
the name of the institution, city, pin code and
country. This should be typed using upper and lower case
letters. When a paper has several authors from different
institutions, key the author to the address with superscripts
(Arabic numerals) and present the additional addresses as foot
notes at the bottom of the page. Addresses for reprint
requests and address for correspondence should also be keyed
using the same number system as for addresses. A running head
or abbreviated title should appear centered on the title page.
Include the telephone and fax numbers and E-mail address of
the contact author on the title page.
2. Abstract
The abstract (not more than 250 words) should appear on a
separate page following the title page. The word ABSTRACT is
centered, printed in bold face print using capital letters.
The text of the abstract should start on the next line. The
abstract should summarize pertinent results in a brief but
understandable form. It should highlight the objectives,
important findings and conclusions of the experiment.
Abbreviations that appear in the abstract must be defined
before they are first used.
3. Key words
List up to five key words, in alphabetical order, at the
end of the abstract that best describe the nature of the
research. The term Key words is typed bold faced print
followed by a colon. The first letter of each key word be in
upper case and key words are separated by commas. Key words
should include the species, variables tested and the major
response criteria.
4. Headings
Major headings (INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS,
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION and REFERENCES) are aligned with
left margin and appear in Roman type, with the entire heading
capitalized using bold-faced type. Major headings of
review papers may deviate from this standard format.
Sub-headings (if required): First sub-heading should appear at
the left margin on a separate line in normal italics with only
the first letter capitalized and followed by no punctuation.
Second subheading should appear at the beginning of the first
line of a paragraph in normal italics followed by a colon and
with only the first letter capitalized.
5. Introduction
The introduction should start on a new page following the
abstract. It should justify the research problem based on a
brief review of latest background literatures and specify the
hypothesis to be tested.
6.
Materials and methods
A clear description or specific original reference is
required for all biological, analytical and statistical
procedures used in the experiment. All modifications of the
procedures must be explained. Diets, animals (breed, sex, age,
body weight and weighing condition), analytical techniques,
measurements and statistical models should be described.
7. Results and discussion
Results (must be combined with discussion) should be
presented in tabular form. The text should elaborate or
explain on the tabular data without repeating the numbers
extensively within the text. The discussion should interpret
the results clearly and concisely and should integrate
literature results with the research findings to provide the
reader with a broad base to accept or reject the hypothesis
tested.
A paragraph may follow the discussion explaining the
implications of the findings of the research. If results have
no implications, this should be stated.
8. References
References in the text should be cited either Sharma (1998)
or (Sharma, 1998); Hasan et al., 1978) or Hasan et
al. (1978); Sharma and Ogra (1990) or (Sharma and Ogra,
1990). The references in the bibliography should be listed
alphabatically adopting the following style :
AOAC. 1980. Official Methods of Analysis, 13th ed.
Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Washington, DC.
Merrill, L.B. and Taylor, C.A. 1981. Diet selection,
grazing habits and place of goats in range management. In:
Goat Production (Ed. C. Gall), Academic Press, New York,
pp. 233-252.
Pattanaik, A.K., Sastry, V.R.B., Katiyar, R.C. and Murari
Lal. 1998. Energy kinetics in crossbred calves on synchronized
rumen degradable protein and starch based diets.
Proceedings of VIII World Animal Production Conference,
July 3-8, 1998, Seoul, Korea. pp. 58-59 (Abstr.).
Pedrock, H.B. 1987. Ammoniated Rice Straw as a Feed for
Growing Cattle. PhD Thesis, University of New England,
Armidale, Australia. Ricardi, C. and Shimada, A. 1992. A note
on diet selection by goats on a semi-arid temperate range land
throughout the year. Applied Animal Behaviour Science,
33: 239-247.
9. Tables
Tables, numbered using arbic numerals, should present
numerical data in a self-explanatory manner. Paginate the
tables in series with the text. All the tables should be cited
in the text. The table title and number is typed in normal
face. The title of the table continues on the same line with
only the first letter capitalised. Column headings should have
normal italics with first letter of each word capitalised.
Presentation of pooled standard errors, the general basis for
statistical comparisons of means is recommended when variance
is homogenous. These should be presented in a separate column
or row. Standard errors can be attached to each mean by ± sign
when variance or standard error are heterogeneous (e.g.
unbalanced experiment or unequal error) because presenting
individual standard error tends to clutter up the tables. For
diet composition, present major ingredient inclusion levels as
a percentage of the total rather than in g/kg of diet.
10. Figures
Figures should be numbered with arabic numerals, have
descriptive captions, and be mentioned in the text.
Photographs submitted must be of high quality for direct
reproduction. Line drawings (in black and white) should be
designed with the format of the page of the journal in mind.
Separate
file (s) for line drawings
should also be submitted along with the text.
11. Reprints
There is no page charges; the corresponding author will be
provided with a soft copy (PDF version) of the published
article. However, authors of accepted manuscripts are require
to pay nominal charges towards the processing fee. The exact
amount to be paid by the authors would be communicated at the
time of conveying the final acceptance.
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