M2-magazine #44 March 2026

Table of contents + M²-flipboook for M²-Premium members, M²-Digital members, and members of the National Mastitis Council.

• 5 Preface
  AI, meritocracy, and the future of milk quality
• 6 Interview
  Interview with Dr. Linda Tikofsky
• 10 Mastitis Research Network
  Nordic Mastitis Research Network collaborates to gain and share knowledge that enhances dairy udder health and milk quality
• 14 Researcher@work
  The SmartDry project
• 18 Focus
  Two international organisations with a focus on animal health and milk quality: IDF and NMC
• 19 The International Dairy Federation (IDF): helping nourish the world with safe, nutritious, and sustainable dairy
• 22 NMC: The Global Milk Quality Organization
• 26 Report
  Beyond antibiotics: peptides and proteins to tackle bovine mastitis
• 30 Research PhD theses
  Delayed milk ejection in modern dairy farms
• 31 Unraveling mastitis in dairy cows: from multi-dimensional severity to quarter-level milk
• 32 Management
  Turning milk quality indicators into on-farm solutions