Understanding barriers to veterinary involvement in dairy calf health management by Kristen Y. Edwards, Angel Abuelo, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Trevor J. DeVries, Michael A. Steele, Joao H. C. Costa, David L. Renaud

“…Veterinarians were least confident in their knowledge regarding milk feeding and weaning recommendations but they were interested in learning more about post-weaning nutrition and automated calf feeders. …”
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Innovative strategies for valorization of byproducts from soybean industry: A review on status, challenges, and sustainable approaches towards zero-waste processing systems by Ahasanul Karim, Emmanuel Freddy Osse, Seddik Khalloufi

“…The soybean industry generates various byproducts during the production processes of oil, soy milk, tofu, soy yogurt, edamame, miso, tempeh, natto, and soy sauce, presenting both challenges and opportunities for sustainable valorization. …”
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Ecological and Functional Changes in the Hindgut Microbiome of Holstein Cows at High Altitudes by Gong Chen, Haibo Lu, Shangzhen Huang, Congcong Zhang, Xiaojuan Ma, Bin Li, Lingling Hou, Qing Xu, Yachun Wang

“…Additionally, significant separation in hindgut microbiota composition between the two groups was observed based on altitude, while parity, days in milk, and age did not show a comparable impact. Moreover, altitude had a lasting impact on bacterial communities and their co-occurrence networks, resulting in reduced microbial interactions and lower modularity in the plateau group. …”
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Comparative analysis of lactaptin activity when produced in bacterial or eukaryotic expression systems by O. A. Koval, O. Y. Volkova, A. A. Gorchakov, S. V. Kulemzin, A. V. Tkachenko, A. A. Nushtaeva, E. V. Kuligina, V. A. Richter, A. V. Taranin

“…Lactaptin, a proteolytic fragment of the human milk kappa-casein, has been previously identified as a protein displaying potent killing of cancer cells in vitro. …”
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Effect of sex on the weight gain of calves (Bubalus bubalis) reared in silvopastoral systems during the dry season by Efraín Chacón Condori, Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz

“…From birth to weaning, the calves were kept in restricted suckling systems (after milking, they were held with the mother and fed with one-quarter of the udder and the residual milk). …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge, Intention to Practice and Predictors among Primiparous Women in Enugu South-East, Nigeria by Chikaodili N. Ihudiebube-Splendor, Chinyelu B. Okafor, Agnes N. Anarado, Nonyelum N. Jisieike-Onuigbo, Anthonia U. Chinweuba, Ada C. Nwaneri, Joyce C. Arinze, Paulina C. Chikeme

“…Breastfeeding is considered as the most complete nutritional source for infants because breast milk contains the essential carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and immunological factors needed for infants to thrive and resist infection in the formative first year of life. …”
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Transient Neonatal Zinc Deficiency Caused by a Heterozygous G87R Mutation in the Zinc Transporter ZnT-2 (SLC30A2) Gene in the Mother Highlighting the Importance of Zn2+ for Normal... by Maria Consolata Miletta, Andreas Bieri, Kristin Kernland, Martin H. Schöni, Vibor Petkovic, Christa E. Flück, Andrée Eblé, Primus E. Mullis

“…Although term infants are born with an important hepatic Zn2+ storage, adequate Zn2+ nutrition of infants mostly depends on breast milk or formula feeding, which contains an adequate amount of Zn2+ to meet the infants’ requirements. …”
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Climate Change-Induced Decline in Succulent <i>Euphorbia</i> in Namibia’s Arid Regions by J. J. Marion Meyer, Marie M. Potgieter, Nicole L. Meyer, Anika C. Meyer

“…In the current study, three ecologically important Namibian <i>Euphorbia</i> milk bushes were evaluated for their climate change response. …”
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Use of dietary supplements among lactating women in western Algeria. [Prise des compléments alimentaires chez des femmes allaitantes de l'ouest Algérien] by Amina BAYAZID, Kheira MELIANI, Meriem LEBAINI

“…One-third of women reported using dietary supplements to address nutritional deficiencies, while 29.3% used them to increase milk supply. The majority of these women took dietary supplements for less than 9 months. …”
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Time to neonatal mortality and its predictors among preterm neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in northern Ethiopia, 2023/2024: a retrospective cohort study by Brhanu Fisseha, Eskedar Berhanie Gidey, Berhe Gebrehiwot Tewele, Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile

“…The overall median survival time was 21 (95% CI: 20, 28) days. Initiation of breast milk (AHR = 0.38 (95% CI: 0.24, 0.61)), respiratory distress syndrome (AHR = 1.9 (95% CI: 1.07,3.63)), perinatal asphyxia (AHR = 2.05 (95% CI: 1.05, 4.00)), receiving kangaroo mother care practice (AHR = 0.5 (95% CI: 0.34, 0.83)), and gestational age (AHR = 1.6 (95% CI 1.07, 2.59) were the predictors of time to death. …”
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Prevalence, antibiotic resistance patterns, and virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus isolates associated with bovine mastitis in northern Bangladesh by Md. Mominul Islam, Md. Imran Hossain, Md. Sadequl Islam, Md. Golam Azam, Sajeda Sultana

“…The aim of this research was to assess the prevalence of S. aureus in bovine mastitis cases, as well as to examine their patterns of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes contributing to mastitis in cattle. For this study, 120 milk samples were gathered from clinically mastitis affected cows across three districts in the northern part of Bangladesh. …”
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Comparative analysis of species composition and quantitative analysis of udder microflora in cows with subclinical and clinical mastitis by N. N. Avduevskaya, A. V. Kapustin, A. V. Gorbatov, E. V. Ivanov

“…It was demonstrated that, in case of subclinical mastitis, the following cultures were most often isolated from milk: Staphylococcus aureus (17.9% of cases), pathogenic Streptococcus (9.8% of cases), of which the proportion of Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus dysgalactiae was 6.5 and 3.3%, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of the dynamics of fattening of lactating cows of the newly created Ukrainian red dairy breed by Liliya Roman, Olena Bezaltychna, Serhiy Vyrvykyshka, Artem Iovenko, Tetyana Pushkar

“…An innovative approach to assessing the fatness of dairy cows revealed the potential of the methodology to use research findings to regulate herd management and feeding behaviour of cows under intensive milk production technology…”
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Overlooking the Obvious during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Dyspnoea with Asymmetric Breath Sounds in a Toddler by Heli Salmi, Heini Harve-Rytsälä, Paula Rautiainen, Sari Pyörälä, Johanna Hästbacka

“…In the morning, he had coughed while drinking milk. He was asymptomatic for the day but presented with acute respiratory distress when lying down in the evening. …”
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Aerobic Exercise Training Adaptations Are Increased by Postexercise Carbohydrate-Protein Supplementation by Lisa Ferguson-Stegall, Erin McCleave, Zhenping Ding, Phillip G. Doerner III, Yang Liu, Bei Wang, Marin Healy, Maximilian Kleinert, Benjamin Dessard, David G. Lassiter, Lynne Kammer, John L. Ivy

“…The present study compared the effects of a carbohydrate and protein supplement in the form of chocolate milk (CM), isocaloric carbohydrate (CHO), and placebo on training adaptations occurring over 4.5 weeks of aerobic exercise training. …”
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Multi-platform diagnostic strategy and biosecurity as basis of contagious agalactia control programs in endemic areas by Christian De la Fe, Ana Grau, Olga Minguez, Antonio Sánchez, Rosario Esquivel, Juan C. Corrales

“…Results Globally, the combined analyses of bulk tank milk (BTM), ear or nasal swabs (in goats or sheep, respectively) and the serology to detect Mycoplasma agalactiae (Ma), allowed the detection of 40.54% of positive farms (n = 75), with Ma the species always detected in sheep (100%) and Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri (Mmc, 68,8%), Ma (29,3%) or both of them (1,9%) in goats. …”
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Impact of diet on vitamin D status in a Sri Lanka-based sample of pregnant women by Kaneshapillai Anusha, Liyanage Guwani, Hettiaratchi Usha, Gunasekera Dulanie

“…More than half of our sample (56.9%) received vitamin D though fortified milk powder and 36% from fish consumption. Most of mothers (69%) consumed small fish and none of them received vitamin D supplementation. …”
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Antitoxic Effects of Chicory Herb Extract Fractions in Rats with Toxic Hepatitis by I. A. Lupanova, O. L. Saybel, E. N. Kurmanova, E. V. Ferubko, I. A. Martynchik, P. G. Mizina

“…The Silimar substance (a dry purified extract obtained from the fruits of milk thistle [Silybum marianum]) was chosen as RD. …”
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Variations in rumen microbiota and host genome impacted feed efficiency in goat breeds by Alaa Emara Rabee, Ibrahim Abou-souliman, Ahmed I. Yousif, Mebarek Lamara, Mohamed A. El-Sherbieny, Eman Ali Elwakeel, Ahmed M. Sallam

“…In addition, breed differences were found to affect the proportions of milk fatty acids. The association analysis identified 26 genome windows containing several putative candidate genes, such as TMEM241, AP4S1, FTO, HYAL2, BBS2, CD52, CRYBG2, PIGV, WDTC1, EEF1A2, GBA2, FNIP1, ACSL6, STARD10, VPS26B, ACAD8, GLB1L3, NRN1L, LCAT, and SLC7A6. …”
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A Novel Wild-Type <i>Lacticaseibacillus paracasei</i> Strain Suitable for the Production of Functional Yoghurt and Ayran Products by Ioanna Prapa, Chrysoula Pavlatou, Vasiliki Kompoura, Anastasios Nikolaou, Electra Stylianopoulou, George Skavdis, Maria E. Grigoriou, Yiannis Kourkoutas

“…Raw goat and ewe’s milk samples were used for the isolation of seven lactic acid bacteria new strains. …”
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