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Appropriate selection indices for functional traits in dairy cattle breeding schemes
Arash Chegini, Navid Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh, Seyed Hossein Hosseini Moghaddam and Abdol Ahad Shadparvar
Iran
Relationship between the fatty acid profile of hair and energy availability of lactating primiparous cows
Ramona Möller, Dirk Dannenberger, Gerd Nürnberg, Eva-Maria Strucken and Gudrun A Brockmann
Germany and Australia
The dynamics of individual whey protein concentrations in cows’ mammary secretions during the colostral and early lactation periods
Raquel F. S. Raimondo, Juliana S. P. Ferrão, Samantha I. Miyashiro, Priscila T. Ferreira, João Paulo E. Saut, Daniela B. Birgel and Eduardo H. Birgel Junior
Brazil
Thermal effects on IgM-milk fat globule-mediated agglutination
Steffen F Hansen, Lotte B Larsen and Lars Wiking
Denmark
Variable sialic acid content in milk of Indian cattle and buffalo across different stages of lactation
Rekha Sharma, Sonika Ahlawat, Himani Sharma, RAK Aggarwal, Vivek Sharma and M S Tantia
India
Increased take-off level in automatic milking systems – effects on milk flow, milk yield and milking efficiency at the quarter level
Sabine Ferneborg,  Måns Thulin, Sigrid Agenäs, Kerstin Svennersten‑Sjaunja, Peter Krawczel and Emma Ternman
Norway, UK, Sweden, USA and Denmark