A.J. Molenaar

TL;DR: To understand the biology and evolution of ruminants, the cattle genome was sequenced to about sevenfold coverage and provides a resource for understanding mammalian evolution and accelerating livestock genetic improvement for milk and meat production.

TL;DR: A significant contribution of the innate immune system to counteract mastitis is suggested and a prominent effector function to the MEC is attributed to the mammary epithelial cells of the infected gland.

TL;DR: The findings support the essentiality of milk to the survival of mammalian neonates and the establishment of milk secretory mechanisms more than 160 million years ago and suggest that this diversity of milk protein composition across species is primarily due to other mechanisms.

TL;DR: Eight primiparous cows in midlactation were used to determine a method for the mammary biopsy of standing cows in full lactation, and the method was reliable and efficient.

TL;DR: The repertoire and extent of inflammation dependent gene regulation in a bovine mammary epithelial cell (MEC) model, to better understand the contribution of the MEC in the immune defence of the udder, and the adequacy of immunological regulation in MEC is compared.