Introduction to Submission of Scientific Paper Part 1- First submission Part 2- Major or Minor Revision Part 3- Accept

Information to be understood Guide for authors： List of Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Periodicals and Journals. Cover letter. The reason of submission Suggested reviewers Information of Corresponding and all authors Part 1

Cover letter Editor in Chief Dr. P. Robinson Dairy Nutrition and Management Department of Animal Science University of California Davis, CA 95616-8521 USA Dear Dr. P. Robinson, We have submitted the original research paper entitled “Influence of dietary cobalt on performance, nutrient digestibility and plasma metabolites in lambs” electronically. We hope the manuscript would be processed in time. Your kind assistance is much appreciated. Sincerely yours, Wang Runlian,

the reason of submitting The objective of this experiment is to find the optimum dietary cobalt level for lambs in terms of performance, nutrient digestibility and blood metabolites The results were useful for sheep production. It was considered that the study was within the research field covered by your journal.

Reference personnel (1) Prof. G. Y. Zhao College of Animal Science and Technology China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China Phone: +86 10 62733379 E-mail: zhaogy@cau.edu.cn Part 1

Declaration by Authors Names of Author(s) Signature(s) Date Runlian Wang 王润莲 May 19th, 2015  

Signature affirms ≤ That each Author has seen and approved the content of the submitted manuscript. ≤ That the paper presents original work not previously published in similar form and not currently under consideration by another Journal. ≤ That if the paper contains material that is the intellectual property and copyright of any person(s) other than the Author(s), then permission of the copyright owner(s) to publish that material has been obtained. ≤ That the copyright material is clearly identified and acknowledged in the text of the paper.

Your manuscript has been assigned the following reference number: ANIFEE-05-598 Your submission has been received by the journal Animal Feed Science and Technology. You will be able to check on the progress of your paper by logging onto the Elsevier Editorial Systems as an Author using the following information: http://ees.elsevier.com/anifee/ Your username is: ?? Your password is: ?? Your manuscript will be given a reference number once an Editor has been assigned. Thank you for submitting your work to this journal. Kind regards, Editorial Office Staff Animal Feed Science and Technology

Part 2- Major or Minor Revision Questions to be answered Expression to be corrected

Response letter Reply to Editor: The paper should be revised as a Short Communication (see Guide for Authors). We have revised the full text article as a short communication accordingly. The editor’s comments: 1. Change "corn" to maize flour, if that's what it was Line 81, M&M, Page 5: “…ground corn…”was changed to “…maize flour…” accordingly

Dear Editorial Office Manager Klaas E. Bij, Thank you and the reviewers’ critical comments and helpful suggestions. We have submitted the revised version of our manuscript entitled “Influence ……………….in lambs”(No. ANIFEE-05-598) by on line submission system in your journal website. We have made necessary changes as regards to the comments by you and the reviewers (see below): Your kind consideration for publication is very much appreciated. Please let us know if you have any further comments. Sincerely yours, Runlian Wang

Part 2- Accepted by Several revisions

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