From time to time we shall collect together articles within a particular theme. 

We start with mastitis. This cluster will appear in our August issue vol 87(3) but some content is already available online and more will be added as it becomes available

​Published articles available online on First View:
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Detection of clinical bovine mastitis caused by Mycoplasma bovis in Brazil
Nathália Brancato Junqueira, Anelise Salina, Gabriela Capriogli Oliveira, Elena Mettifogo, Sâmea Fernandes Joaquim, Felipe Freitas Guimarães, Felipe Morales Dalanezi and Helio Langoni
Brazil
Chronic subclinical mastitis reduces milk and components yield at the cow level
Larissa Martins, Melina Melo Barcelos, Roger I. Cue, Kevin L. Anderson, Marcos Veiga dos Santos, Juliano Leonel Gonçalves
​Brazil, Canada and USA
Timing of entry of Streptococcus uberis into the mammary gland of the dairy cow
J Eric Hillerton
​New Zealand
Accepted articles appearing online soon:
Modeling cow somatic cell count using sensor data as input to generalized additive models
Dorota Anglart, Charlotte Hallén-Sandgren, Patrik Waldmann, Martin Wiedemann and Ulf Emanuelson
Sweden and Germany 
Whatever happened to mastitis pathogenesis?
J Eric Hillerton
New Zealand
Streptococcus spp. from bulk-tank milk and milking machine teatcups on small ruminant farms, and factors potentially associated with their isolation
Dimitris C. Chatzopoulos, Daphne T. Lianou, Charalambia K. Michael, Dimitris A. Gougoulis,
Vasia S. Mavrogianni, Natalia G.C. Vasileiou, Angeliki I. Katsafadou, Antonis P. Politis, Nikos G. Kordalis, Eleni I. Katsarou, Katerina S. Ioannidi, Efthimia Petinaki and George C. Fthenakis
Greece​
Antimicrobial resistance profile of non-aureus Staphylococci isolates from buffalo, goat and sheep mastitis in the Northeast region of Brazil
André de Souza Santos, Débora Costa Viegas de Lima, Atzel Candido Acosta Abad, Pollyanne Raysa Fernandes de Oliveira, José Givanildo da Silva, Guilherme Santana de Moura, Amanda Thaís Ferreira Silva,Vinícius da Silva Amorim, Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa and Rinaldo Aparecido Mota
Brazil
Antimicrobial activity of polypyrrole nanoparticles and aqueous extract of Moringa oleifera against Staphylococcus spp. carriers of multi-drug efflux system genes isolated from Brazilian dairy farms
José Givanildo da Silva, Mariana de Barros, Nataly Diniz de Lima Santos, Patrícia Maria Guedes Paiva, Thiago Henrique Napoleão, Maria José de Sena, Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa, Helinando Pequeno de Oliveira, Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira and Rinaldo Aparecido Mota
Brazil​
Effect of heat stress on udder health of dairy cows
Md Rezaul Hai Rakib, Man Zhou, Siyu Xu, Yang Liu, Muhammad Asfandyar Khan, Bo Han and Jian Gao
China