Contents of JDR Volume 84 issue 4, November 2017

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Editorial: A year of contrasts
Christopher H. Knight
UK
Effects of different dosages of propylene glycol in dry cows and cows in early lactation
Michaela Maurer, Walter Peinhopf, Jutta Gottschalk, Almut Einspanier, Gabor Koeller, Thomas Wittek
​Austria and Germany
Rumination time as a potential predictor of common diseases in high-productive Holstein dairy cows
Riccardo Moretti, Stefano Biffani, Francesco Tiezzi, Christian Maltecca, Stefania Chessa, Riccardo Bozzi
Italy and USA
​Validation of a pedometer algorithm as a tool for evaluation of locomotor behaviour in dairy Mediterranean buffalo
Luigi D'Andrea, Jacopo Guccione, Maher Alsaaod, Ramona Deiss, Antonio Di Loria, Adrian Steiner, Paolo Ciaramella
Italy and Switzerland
Effect of physical activity on cardiac autonomic function of dairy cows on commercial dairy farms
Fruzsina Luca Kézér, János Tőzsér, Mikolt Bakony, Ottó Szenci, Viktor Jurkovich, Levente Kovacs
Hungary
​Metabolomic analysis of alterations in lipid oxidation, carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism in dairy goats caused by exposure to Aflotoxin B1
Jianbo Cheng, Shuai Huang, Caiyun Fan, Nan Zheng, Yangdong Zhang, Songli Li, Jiaqi Wang
China
​Significant changes in ITIH4, AHSG, ORM1, and CD46 content in milk fat globule membrane proteins of ketotic dairy cows
Sansi Gao, Wei Yang, Hongjiang Yu, Runqi Liu, Zhihao Dong, Hongyou Zhang, Cheng Xia, Chuang Xu
China
​CD49f+ mammary epithelial cells decrease in milk from dairy cows stressed by overstocking during the dry period
Mario Baratta, Silvia Miretti, Paolo Accornero, Giovanna Galeati, Andrea Formigoni, Gianfranco Gabai, Daniele Nucera, Eugenio Martignani
Italy
​Oxidative stress-induced inflammatory responses and effects of N-acetylcysteine in bovine mammary alveolar cells
Hyojin Bae, Chang Hee Jeong, Wei Nee Cheng, Kwonho Hong, Han Geuk Seo, Sung Gu Han
South Korea
​Variation in the Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4) gene affects milk traits in dairy cows
Huitong Zhou, Long Cheng, Hua Gong, Seung O. Byun, Grant R. Edwards, Jon G. H. Hickford
New Zealand and Australia
​An association analysis between PRL genotype and milk production traits in Italian Mediterranean river buffalo
Jun Li, Aixin Liang, Zipeng Li, Chao Du, Guohua Hua, Angela Salzano, Giuseppe Campanile, Bianca Gasparrini, LiGuo Yang
China and Italy
Genetic perspective of milk yield persistency in the first three lactations of Iranian buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
Navid Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh, Mohammad Ali Nazari, Abdol Ahad Shadparvar
​Iran
Identification of factors affecting colostrum quality of dairy Lacaune ewes assessed with the Brix refractometer
Laura Torres-Rovira, Jose-Luis Pesantez-Pacheco, Fernando Hernandez, Laura Elvira-Partida, Maria-Luz Perez-Solana, Juan-Vicente Gonzalez-Martin, Antonio Gonzalez-Bulnes, Susana Astiz
Spain and Ecuador
Seasonal variation in the composition and processing characteristics of herd milk with varying proportions of milk from spring-calving and autumn-calving cows
Yingchen Lin, James A. O'Mahony, Alan L. Kelly, Timothy P. Guinee
​Ireland
​Effect of increased milking frequency and residual milk removal on milk production and milk fatty acid composition in lactating cows
Sabine Ferneborg, Lucia Kovac, Kevin J Shingfield, Sigrid Agenäs
Sweden and UK
Response surface methodology as a tool for modelling galacto-oligosaccharide production
​Claudia I. Vénica, Carina V. Bergamini, María C. Perotti
​Argentina
Effect of chelators on functionality of milk protein concentrates obtained by ultrafiltration at a constant pH and temperature
Lata Ramchandran, XiaoXia Luo, Todor Vasiljevic
​Australia
A new study of the kinetics of curd production in the process of cheese manufacture
​Susana Vargas Muñoz, Maykel González Torres, Francisco Quintanilla Guerrero, Rogelio Rodríguez Talavera
​Mexico
Behaviour of lactose with the presence of lactic acid and Ca as affected by pH
​Jayani Chandrapala, Claire Gauthier, Todor Vasiljevic
​Australia
Lactobacilli-fermented cow's milk attenuated lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation and memory impairment in vitro and in vivo
​Nurul Huda Musa, Vasudevan Mani, Siong Meng Lim, Sharmili Vidyadaran, Abu Bakar, Abdul Majeed, Kalavathy Ramasamy
Malaysia