Contents of JDR Volume 87 issue 2, May 2020

  • ​​The May issue is now published
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Identification and verification of ​differentially expressed genes in yak mammary tissue during early lactation
Mao Yuan, Wei Xia, Xiaolei Zhang, Yongtao Liu and Mingfeng Jiang
China
Variation in the yak lipin-1 gene and its association with milk traits
Xin Wang, Huitong Zhou, Join G.H. Hickford, Shaobin Li, Jiqing Wang, Xiu Liu, Jiang Hu and Yuzhu Luo
China and New Zealand
The functions and mechanisms of sequence differences of DGAT1 gene on milk fat synthesis between dairy cow and buffalo
Dinesh Bhattarai, Rahim Dad, TesfayWorku, SutongXu, Farman Ullah, Min Zhang, Xianwei Liang, Tingxian Den, MingxiaFan and Shujun Zhang
China
Contrasting effects of high-starch and high-sugar diets on cattle
Andrea Francesio, Lorenzo Viora, Matt J Denwood, Will Tulley, Nicola Brady, Peter Hastie, Andrew Hamilton, Christopher Davison, Craig Michie and Nicholas N Jonsson
UK and Denmark
Selenium biofortified alfalfa hay fed in low quantities improves selenium status and glutathione peroxidase activity in transition dairy cows and their calves
Shana Jaaf, Brandon Batty, Angela Krueger, Charles T. Estill and Massimo Bionaz
USA
Skin surface temperature of the mammary gland, measured by infrared thermography, in primiparous Girolando cows fed diets containing different lipid sources
Alysson M Wanderley, Luís CV Ítavo, Geraldo T dos Santos, Camila CBF Ítavo, Alexandre M Dias, Rodrigo G Mateus, Luiz C Pereira, Ariadne B Gonçalves, Endyara S Kohl and Celso RC Lima
Brazil
Opportunities and limitations of milk mid-infrared spectra-based estimation of acetone and β-hydroxybutyrate for the prediction of metabolic stress and ketosis in dairy cows
Monica de Oliveira Caldeira, Denisa Dan, Anna-Lena Neuheuser, Remo Stürmlin, Christoph Weber, Daniel L. Glauser, Martin Stierli, Urs Schuler, Juerg Moll, Silvia Wegmann, Rupert M. Bruckmaier and Josef J. Gross
Switzerland
From six to zero percent Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis milk ELISA positivity in three years – probably induced by Mycobacterium vaccae
Daniel Elad, Inna Lysnyansky, Rama Falk, Shlomo E. Blum, Limor Weisbelith, Inna Mikula and Adin Shwimmer
Israel
Bulk tank milk quality data is unlikely to give useful information about dairy cow welfare at herd level
Jessica Ginestreti, Rosa Maria Strano, Valentina Lorenzi, Francesca Fusi, Alessandra Angelucci, Giandomenico Ferrara, Giorgio Galletti, Stefania Bergagna, Giuseppe Bolzoni, Giorgio Zanardi, Elena Buffoli, Antonio Marcolini and Luigi Bertocchi
Italy
High levels of fatty acids inhibit β-casein synthesis through suppression of the JAK2/STAT5 and mTOR signaling pathways in mammary epithelial cells of cows with clinical ketosis
Xin Shu, Zhiyuan Fang, Yuan Guan, Xiying Chen, Juan J Loor, Hongdou Jia, Jihong Dong, Yazhe Wang, Rankun Zuo, Guowen Liu, Xiaobing Li, and Xinwei Li
China and USA​
Introducing a sinusoidal equation to describe lactation curves for cumulative milk yield and composition in Holstein cows
Navid Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh, Hassan Darmani Kuhi, James France and Secundino López
Iran, Canada and Spain 
Examination of methionine stimulation of gene expression in dairy cow mammary epithelial cells using RNA-sequencing
Xiaoming Hou, Minghui Jiang, Jinyu Zhou, Shuyuan Song, Feng Zhao and Ye Lin
China
MicroRNA-212 targets SIRT2 to influence lipogenesis in bovine mammary epithelial cell line
Xubin Lu, Hailei Xia, Jingyi Jiang, Xin Xu, Mingxun Li, Zhi Chen, Yujia Sun, Huimin Zhang and Zhangping Yang
China
Application of triplex-PCR with an innovative combination of 3 pairs of primers for the detection of milk’s animal origin in cheese and yoghurt
Evanthia Tsirigoti, Zoi Katsirma, Athanasios I. Papadopoulos, Georgios Samouris, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou and Evridiki Boukouvala
Greece
Assessment of physico-chemical changes in UHT milk during storage at different temperatures
Suvartan Ranvir, Rajan Sharma, Kamal Gandhi and Bimlesh Mann
India
Diafiltration affects the gelation properties of concentrated casein micelle suspensions obtained by filtration
Zhengtao Zhao, Isis Renhe, Robert Fu and Milena Corredig
Canada and Denmark
Effect of carbonation and probiotic addition on the physicochemical, microbiological and sensory characteristics of whey dairy beverage
Carla Salete Jadão Alves, Simone Andreoti Mendes Floriano, Verônica Parassen Voltarelli, Christiane Maciel Vasconcellos Barros de Rensis, Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Giselle Nobre Costa and Priscila Cristina Bizam Vianna
Brazil
Technological properties of beneficial bacteria from the dairy environment and development of a fermented milk with the beneficial strain Lactobacillus casei MRUV6
Monique Colombo, Svetoslav D. Todorov, Antonio F. Carvalho and Luís A. Nero
Brazil and South Korea
Identification of bacterial hazards in the production of artisan fresh cheese in Cuba
Ailin Martínez, Nivian Montes de Oca, Mabelín Armenteros, Odalys Uffo, Yamilka Riverón, Dayaimi González, Dianys Remón, Severino Beneone Páez Barbosa, Manoel Adriao, Soraya Farías de Andrade Freitas and Alejandra Villoch
Cuba and Brazil