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Definition of the Journal

The journal is published biannually with the aim of disseminating the research work at national and international level on topics of zootechnical interest. Its content includes research articles, technical notes, brief communications, literature reviews on a specific topic and comments and opinions on relevant topics or activities related to animal nutrition and the agricultural sector.

 Submissions can be made in Spanish and English.

FORMAT GUIDE FOR THE ACADEMIC JOURNAL

TROPICAL ANIMAL NUTRITION

CHAPTER I. TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS

Letters to the Editor (a) All journals publish Letters to the Editor. Letters can contain comments on articles that appear in magazines or general discussions on agri-food research and are limited to a maximum length of one page. Letters must be approved by the editor and can be revised. If a letter discusses a published article, the author of that document will be invited to submit a response to the comments; typically, the response is posted along with the letter.
Research Articles Documents used to demonstrate original findings from scientific research projects.
Technical notes Reports of works with partial or parallel results, can also be made from progress of results or in order to make brief communications.
Literature review articles Studies that collect the most important information on a specific topic. They must be selective and critical, including an exhaustive bibliographic review on a specific topic in the agri-food sector.
Analysis and comments on relevant topics and / or activities of interest to the field of animal nutrition and the agricultural sector.
These types of posts must meet these requirements:

TITLE: The title must be clear and concise and must not exceed 14 words. The use of scientific names in the title should be avoided when the common name is well known (soybean, corn, banana, etc.). The scientific name will be indicated only when the common name is little known or the common name varies between countries. Do not use the following words: Studies of, Research in, Observations about, and other similar generic terms. Example: Studies of feeding regimes for replacement sows.

AUTHORS: Put first name (s) and last name (s) as identified in previous publications. If it is the first time you publish a work, indicate the name as you want to be recognized and the first surname; or the two surnames joined by a hyphen (for example, Pacheco-Ruiz). Put at the bottom of the page, using asterisks, the current affiliation (institution for which you work), and include the postal address and email of the author to whom the correspondence should be directed and the ORCID number if it has one.

Keywords: Include 5-7 keywords, which in a search, allow the user to locate the article. The use of the Agrovoc thesaurus available at http: //aims.fao is recommended.

org / standards / agrovoc / functionalities / search

Keywords: English translation of keywords.

Summary: Single paragraph with a maximum of 300 words that indicates the objective of the work. Indicate the site of the event, execution period, the procedure followed, the main results, a basic discussion and conclusions. Try to include figures. Do not include bibliographic references or citations, figures or tables.

Abstract: English translation of the ABSTRACT must be exact to it in Spanish and must include the title in English at the beginning in bold type.

INTRODUCTION: It must include the justification, the most relevant antecedents and the general objective of the article. Importance of the problem within the study framework, limitations of the research. All information must be supported with bibliographic citations. Bibliographic references must follow the ASA (American Society of Agronomy) format based on APA 6th Edition. For the general writing of the article, you should not speak in the first person (everything in an impersonal way: it was done, it was evaluated, etc.) and in the introduction you should speak in the present tense.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: As much detail should be included in this section to allow repeating the experiment. The basic elements of the investigation and those that generate the results should be described. The materials (diets, animals, additives, etc.) must be clearly described (nutritional composition of the diet, age and physiological state of the animals, breeds or genetic lines used, etc.). The methods must indicate the evaluated treatments, the variables that were measured, the experimental design, experimental unit, sampling method and type of statistical analysis. If relevant to the results, the climatic conditions or other variables that could affect the results can be included. For the general writing of the article, you should not speak in the first person and in the materials and methods you should speak in the past tense.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: They can come together or separately. In this section, the results with previously generated information are discussed and analyzed.

FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: Statements derived from the results and that are directly related to the objective of the research or review must be included. They should not be a repetition of the results unless they respond directly to one of the objectives.

Acknowledgments: It is optional, it only includes those people who made a very significant contribution to the work.

CHAPTER II. RULES FOR PUBLICATION

Authors are required to submit papers based on the following standards:

1. Articles can be written in Spanish and English. They must follow the rules of structure and writing indicated in this document.

2. The work must come in its entirety written on a computer, preferably, in an updated version of Word for Windows (Microsoft® Word) or Open Office with Arial font, size 11, spaced and a half, spaced between paragraphs, and with spacing after a title, normal margins (top and bottom 2.5cm (1 ”) left and right 3cm (1.2”). No indentation at the beginning of each paragraph. Research articles must have a minimum extension of 10 pages and a maximum of 30 pages, while technical notes and comments and opinions on activities must have a maximum of 10 pages.

3. Tables and figures: the tables must come in Word or Open Office format, they must not be sent in image format and the figures (graphics) in Excel or Open Office format. Both tables and figures must be presented on separate pages printed in good quality. Other figures and photographs must be presented in separate files in JPG or TIF format with a minimum of 240300 dpi. They should have a title (tables above, figures below) that explain the content without having to read the text and indicate the source of the data. The information presented must be clear and legible. As a figure, images, photos, drawings, diagrams and maps will be understood. The information in tables and figures should not be repeated, the form that best communicates the desired information should be chosen. The numbering of the tables is independent of the figures.

4. For units of measurement, the rules of the International System of Units must be followed.

5. Arabic numbers will be used for units of measurement or for two or more digits within the text. They will be written in words if it is the first word in a sentence, or if it is less than 10 and does not indicate a measure.

6. The reference thesaurus will be the Agrovoc for keywords.

7. Technical notes differ from scientific articles in that they do not allow repeating the experiment and obtaining similar results and therefore have a different structure according to the type of test that was carried out.

8. You must deliver the manuscript in digital format through the official website of the magazine (you must register).

9. The article is required to present original information and has the authorization of all the authors and the institution where the research was carried out in order to be published. Articles that are not original or that have been published in other journals will not be accepted. For this, it is requested that each article be delivered with a letter indicating the aforementioned and signed at least by the corresponding author.

10. The author's response time after the work with the observations has been sent must be a maximum of ten business days, after which the Editorial Committee may approve its publication or suspend its editing process.

11. When submitting the work, verify that it complied with the standards of this instruction manual. The journal evaluates the articles or works as priority of receipt, these must contain the norms established for the authors. After the Editorial Board positively estimates the technical or scientific merit of the work, it is sent for review to two specialists outside the entity. Reviewers have a maximum period of three weeks to indicate observations or corrections (if relevant) for the work to be accepted. If approved for publication, the author receives possible suggestions and has 15 business days to correct and forward it to the journal to give it the final format. Before publication, the author will receive the document in its final version so that it offers the latest recommendations and / or gives its final approval.

CHAPTER III. RULES FOR CITATION OF LITERATURE

The following guide is a summary that is based on the regulations implemented by the ASA (American Society of Agronomy) for structuring the list of bibliographic references (they are based on the APA 6th edition style).

GENERAL FEATURES

1. The Journal will not accept references to unpublished data, as they are not available to readers who wish to access these sources.

2. Bibliographic references that are more than ten years old are not accepted, unless it is essential or they are classic works that remain valid over time.

3. In-text citations are mentioned separating with a comma the last name of the first author of the year; if there are two authors, the last name of each author is separated by “and”, finally when it comes to references with more than two authors, the last name of the first author is mentioned followed by “et al.,”.

Example:

“In addition, hydatodes, sites of guttation, can serve as an entry route for some pathogens (Robeson et al., 1989), and the moistening of plant surfaces favors the dissemination and germination of spores, and favors the development of bacterial and fungal diseases, among others, before and after harvest (Aylor and Taylor, 1982). Root pressure can interact with other types of stress such as excess light and high temperatures, aggravating some problems such as sunburn and fruit cracking (Peet, 1992) ”.

4. The literature must be arranged in alphabetical order according to the last name and initials of the first author's name. When there are several citations from a single author, they are ordered chronologically by year of publication. If the citations have the same year, they are ordered alphabetically by adding the letters a, b, c, ... after the year of publication. If it is more than one citation where the first author is the same, the priorities when ordering the references is the following:

- Surname and initials of the name of the second author.

- If the first two authors are repeated in several citations, the last name and initials of the third author's name are used, so on.

Example taken from the American Society of Agronomy:

Shotwell, C. A. and G. W. Smith (2001).

Shotwell, O. L. (1998a).

Shotwell, O. L. (1998b).

Shotwell, O. L., M. L. Goulden and C. W. Hesseltine (1994).

Shotwell, O. L., C. W. Hesseltine and M. L. Goulden (1993).

Shotwell, O. L., C. W. Hesseltine and M. L. Goulden (1997).

Shotwell, O. L., C. W. Hesseltine, E. E. Vandegraft and M. L. Goulden (1993).

Shotwell, O. L., W. F. Kwolek, I. I. Golden, L. M. Jade, L.  and C. W. Hesseltine (1991).

Shotwell, O. L. and D. W. Zweig (1994).

5. In the case of a verbatim citation of a book or a very long chapter, the page number is required in the citation of the text. If possible, the exact page number is preferred.

Example:

1. Arauz (1998, p. 24), defines parasitism as a relationship between two species in which one, called parasite, feeds on the other, called the host, through absorption for prolonged periods or the direct use of elaborated substances for this.

6. When it comes to personal communications, these are included only in the text in parentheses. Do not use footnotes.

Example:

They used 20 microliters (Rojas, personal communication, 2011) of a bacteria solution of 0.5x108 CFU / ml (trial 1) and 1.5x108 CFU / ml (trial 2), which contained 1.0x106 and 3.0x106 CFU / shrimp respectively.

7. All institutional authors must be cited in text with their respective acronym or abbreviation; while in the list of references the acronyms are followed by the full name of the corporate author, in parentheses, except for the acronyms used for the centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) (www.cgiar.org). CIAT, CIFOR, CIMMYT, CIP, ICARDA, ICLARM, ICRAI, ICRISAT, IFPRI, IITA, IRRI, ILRI, IPGRI, ISNAR, IWMI, WARDA, IBPGR.

8. When printing or publishing houses in the United States are mentioned, only include the name of the city and the abbreviation of the State where the publisher is located.

Example:

1. Bramley, A. 1992. Milking hygiene and mastitis control. p. 457-463. In: H. Van Horn, C. Wilcox (eds). Large dairy herd management. Management Services. American Dairy Science Association, Champaign, IL.

9. The names of journals are not abbreviated, they must be written in full.

10. Each work mentioned in the consulted literature must include the last name of the first author, followed by the initials of the name, separated by a period (Smith, J.R.). For works by more than one author, only the last name of the first author is written before the initials of the name (Smith, J.R., M. Jones, and C. Rosen). Authors are separated by a comma and the letter "y" must be used before citing the last author.

CHAPTER IV. RULES FOR THE FORMAT OF PUBLICATIONS AS BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

1. Journal / Serial Articles

Each reference that comes from a periodical must include, in order, the following format:

Author (s) / Year of publication / Full title of the article / Publication in which it appears (abbreviated journal name) / Volume / Page numbers for publications without consecutive pagination (that is, each number within the volume begins with the page 1), the issue number must be included (eg 11 (2): 5-11.)

Examples:

A. Amador, A.L., and C. Boschini. 2000. Nutritional quality of the forage black sorghum plant (Sorghum almum) for animal feed. Mesoamerican Agronomy, 11: 79-84.

B. Whalen, J.K., C. Chang, G.W. Clayton, and J.P. Carefoot. 2000. Cattle manure amendments can increase the pH of acid soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 64: 962-966.

3. Newspaper articles

The format to use when citing magazine or newspaper articles is:

Author (s) / Year of publication / Title: subtitle / Magazine or newspaper / Date of publication / Page number.

Example:

A. Devenport, C.H. 1981. Sowing the venues. Barron`s, March 2, p. 10.

 4. Books (includes newsletters, reports, multi-volume works, series)

The format to be used when citing books, newsletters, multi-volume works, series is:

Author (s) / Year of publication / Title: subtitle / Edition number / Publisher or publisher / Country.

Examples:

A. Pastora, J., and O. Téllez. 2004. Evaluation of hybrids of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) for forage. Technical report. INTA-North Pacific, Nicaragua.

6. Edited books

When including a chapter or section of an edited book within the references, it should be done as follows:

Author (s) / Year of publication / Title of the chapter or section / the phrase followed by a colon / Name (s) of the Editor (s) / Title of the publication / Volume and edition (if any) / Publisher / place of post / page range.

Examples:

A. Morales, M.S. 2008. Bacterial diseases. In: V. Morales, J. Cuéllar-Anjel, editors, Technical Guide- pathology and immunology of penaid shrimp. CYTED Red II-D Vannamei Program, Rep. Of Panama, Panama. p. 117-134.

B. Johnson, D.W., and D.E. Todd. 1998. Effects of harvesting intensity on forest productivity and soil carbon storage. In: R. Lal et al., Editors, Management of carbon sequestration in soils. Advances in Soil Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. p. 351-363.

7. Conferences, symposia or workshops

The way to cite information from conferences, symposia or workshops is similar to that of a book, only two more pieces of information are added, which are the place of the meeting and the date.

When the proceedings of the conference, symposium or workshop have two titles (the title of the memoir and the name of the conference), the title of the memoir should be written first, followed by the significant words of the name of the conference.

How to quote:

Editor (s) / Year of publication / Book title / Conference number and name / Conference date / Publisher / Place of publication.

Examples:

A. Pascale, A.J., editor. 1989. Proceedings of the World Conference on Soy Research IV, Buenos Aires. 5–9 Mar. 1989. Orientación Gráfica Editora S.R.L., Buenos Aires.

B. Wilkinson, D., editor. 1993. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Corn and Sorghum Industry Research Conference, Chicago. 8–9 Dec. 1993. Am. Seed Trade Assoc., Washington, DC.

8. Articles published in a volume of memories

Articles published in a volume of memoirs are treated the same as a chapter in a book

Example:

A. Lim, C. and Kleisus, P.H. 2000. The role of trace minerals in fish health. In: Civera-Cerecedo, R., Pérez-Estrada, C.J., Ricque-Marie, D. and Cruz-Suárez, L.E. editors. Advances in Aquaculture Nutrition IV. Proceedings of the IV International Symposium on Aquaculture Nutrition. November 15-18, 1998. La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico. p. 270-281

9. Summaries and abstracts

When including references to abstracts and abstracts of conference papers that have not been formally published and are found in the conference proceedings, the format to follow is:

Author (s) / Year of publication / Title of publication / In / Title of the memoir / Publisher / Place of publication / Date the congress was held / page number.

Examples:

A. Caldwell, B.A. 1997. Fatty acid esterase activity in forest soils and ectomycorrhizal mat communities. In: 1997 Agronomy abstracts. ASA, Madison, WI. p. 223.

B. Krischnamurti, G.S.R., and P.M. Huang. 1991. The role of Al in Fe (II) transformation. In: Abstracts, Annual Meeting. Clay Mineral Society, Houston, TX. 5-10 Oct. 1991. p. 96.

10. Presentations and poster sessions presented at meetings

This format is used when citing unpublished conference or seminar documents. When possible, avoid citing conference documents older than two years. If subsequent publication is known, cite publication. Format as follows:

Author (s) / Year of publication / Title of the communication / Communication or poster presented in: / Title of the conference / Number and name of the Conference / place of the conference / Date / Number of the communication.

Example

A. Kaeppler, S., N. De Leon, R. Sekhon, C. Hansey, C. Buell, H. Lin, and K. Childs. 2011. Expression analysis supporting functional genomics research in maize. Paper presented at: Fundamental for life: Soil, crop, and environmental sciences. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX. 16–19 Oct. Paper 110-5.

11. Theses and Dissertations

To cite this type of document, the following format must be followed.

Author (s) / Year in which the research is presented / Thesis title / Thesis or dissertation / Academic degree / Institution in which the research was carried out / City and country.

Examples:

A. Maraqa, M.A. 1995. Transport of dissolved volatile organic compounds in the unsaturated zone. Ph.D. diss., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI.

B. Restrepo, C. 2002. Relationships between tree cover in pastures and bovine production in cattle farms in the dry tropics. Thesis MSc, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica.

12. Software and software documentation

The way it should be cited is:

Name of the creator / Year / Name of the software / Version / Name of the company in which it is created / City and country.

Examples:

A. Abacus Concepts. 1991. SuperANOVA user’s guide. Release 1.11. Abacus Concepts, Berkeley, CA.

B. Minitab. 1998. MINITAB 12. Minitab, State College, PA. SAS Institute. 1994. The SAS system for Windows. Release 6.10. SAS Inst., Cary, NC.

13. Maps

Maps are cited separately only if it is a separate publication. If the map does not have an author, do not use "Anonymous"; in such cases, the name of the map replaces that of the author.

Author (s) / Year / Map title (type of map) / Map number (if included) / Publisher / Publisher location / Notes (eg scale).

Example

A. Tosi, J.A. 1969. Ecological Map of Costa Rica, According to Holdrige's Classification of Life Zones of the World. Tropical Science Center, San José, Costa Rica. Scale 1: 750,000.

14. Regulations

The format to be followed by citations with a corporate author is:

Institution / Year of publication / Standard number / Title / Editor (s) / Place of publication.

Example:

A. COMIECO (Council of Ministers of Economic Integration). 2010. RTA 65.05.53: 10: Central American Agricultural Inputs Technical Regulation. Requirements for the production and commercialization of certified seed of basic grains and soybeans. MINECO, CONACYT, MIFIC, SIC, MEIC. Sn Salvador, El Salvador.

http://www.sic.gob.hn/dgiepc//files/Res-259-2010.pdf

15. Electronic resources

Citations from electronic sources should be cited in the same way as printed material is cited. Due to the nature of electronic publications, if a publication exists in both print and electronic versions, the printed version must be cited.

16. Online periodicals

For electronic journals, the format is similar to that of printed journal articles. The DOI (digital object identifier) ​​must be provided at the end of the citation, in case it is not available the URL must be incorporated, which may change over time.

Example:

A. Kwapata, K., T. Nguyen, and M. Sticklen. 2012. Genetic transformation of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with the Gus color marker, the Bar herbicide resistance, and the barley (Hordeum vulgare) HVA1 drought tolerance genes. International Journal of Agronomy. 2012: 8. doi: 10.1155 / 2012/198960.

B. Kato, C., T. Nishimura, H. Imoto, and T. Miyazaki. 2011. Predicting soil moisture and temperature of Andisols under a monsoon climate in Japan. Vadose Zone Journal, 10: 541–551. doi: 10.2136 / vzj2010.0054.

17. Online books

DOI should be used instead of a URL, if available.

Example:

A. Boverhof, D.R., and B.B. Gollapudi, editors. 2011. Applications of toxicogenomics in safety evaluation and risk assessment. John Wiley & Sons, NY. doi: 10.1002 / 9781118001042

18. Other documents with Web Content

To cite an online document that does not have a specific publication date, use the year the website was visited.

Author (s) / Year / Title or description of the page / Owner of the site (if it can be determined) / URL / Date the material was accessed.

Example:

A. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2002. National Water Quality Inventory: 2000 report. EPA-841-R-02-001. USEPA.

http://www.epa.gov/305b/2000report/ (accessed 10 Jun. 2012).

The author authorizes the Tropical Animal Nutrition Magazine to make changes to the writing of the article so that it adapts to the criteria mentioned here or to improve reading fluency. Likewise, the Journal is authorized to upload the pdf version and other versions of the document to the web.

Plagiarism detection policy

Using the Turnitin software, Tropical Animal Nutrition magazine will monitor the inappropriate use of ideas and content already published by other authors. Turnitin is a tool used to compare and review documents, in order to verify their originality. Authors who request a review of documents to be published in the journal must respect the norms for citing literature and bibliographic references stipulated in the Guidelines for authors, likewise, it is considered plagiarism to proclaim authorship of documents when the owner is another person.

The review of the text is in charge of the editor of the journal, after the document was submitted to the peer review process.

The journal has the right to reject documents that have been identified as possible plagiarism. Similarly, the author of the document is given the opportunity to amend with bibliographic citations.

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