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ALMTech facilitates the development, calibration, accreditation & commercialisation of objective carcase measurement technologies … we design & undertake experiments in direct collaboration with industry end-users, providing them with first-hand experience of the technologies being tested & encouraging future adoption
Conference
ALMTech's Conference from 2021 to 2017
J. Marimuthu, S.M. Stewart and G.E. Gardner
Non – Invasive Measurement of Lamb Carcase Fat Depth using a portable Microwave System
In Proc. 33rd Biennial Conf Australian Association of Animal Sciences’s, Re-scheduled until Feb 2021 due to COVID-19.
Guy, S.Z.Y., Walkom, S.F., Brown, D.J. (2021)
Sources of on- and off-farm information to select for eating quality in sheep.
(ICAR 2020) Re-scheduled until June 2021 due to COVID-19.
Guy, S.Z.Y., Walkom, S.F., Marimuthu, J. Gardner, G.E. and Brown, D.J. (2021)
Microwave technology is a potential tool for the genetic selection of carcase composition in lamb.
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In Proc. 33rd Biennial Conf Australian Association of Animal Sciences’s, Re-scheduled until Feb 2021 due to COVID-19.
Brown, D.J., Guy, S.Z.Y., Pethick, D.W., Pannier, L., McGilchrist, P., Stewart, S.M. and Gardner, G.E. (2021)
Preparing for MSA score in lamb: What are the drivers of variation?
In Proc. 33rd Biennial Conf Australian Association of Animal Sciences’s, Re-scheduled until Feb 2021 due to COVID-19.
B.L. Hancock, G.E. Gardner, D.W. Pethick and R. Apps.
Lamb Supply Chain Group: a conduit for collaboration, co-investment and innovation. Submitted (& accepted)
33rd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences; 1-4th February 2021.
Hancock, B.L., Hocking, E. and Miller, S.M.
Lamb lean meat yield and eating quality workshop - A supported learning program. Submitted (& accepted)
33rd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences; 1-4th February 2021.
Mehami J., Alempijevic A. and Vidal-Calleja T.
Observability driven Multi-modal Line-scan Camera Calibration
IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration (MFI 2020), pp 1-8, 2020
Mehami J., Alempijevic A. and Vidal-Calleja T.
Observability driven Multi-modal Line-scan Camera Calibration
IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration (MFI 2020), pp 1-8, 2020
Calnan, H., G. Gardner.
DEXA prediction of beef retail cut weights.
71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, 1st – 4th December 2020 (Online)
J. Marimuthu, and G.E. Gardner
Non – Invasive Measurement of Live Cattle in Predicting Carcase P8 Fat Depth using Microwave System
71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science 1st – 4th December 2020 (Online)
J. Marimuthu, G.E. Gardner
Using Microwave Non-Invasive Techniques to measure Fat Depth on lamb carcase in commercial abattoirs
4th Australian Microwave Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 13 – 14 February 2020
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Calnan, H., G. Gardner. (2020)
DEXA prediction of beef retail cut weights.
71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Potsdam, Portugal.
Calnan, H., G. Gardner. (2020)
DEXA prediction of beef retail cut weights.
71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Potsdam, Portugal.
O'Reilly, R.A., Pannier, L., Gardner, G.E., & Pethick, D.W. (2020).
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The impact of lean meat yield on American and Chinese consumer scores of Australian sheepmeat.
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In: Proceedings of the 71st Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science in Porto, 31st August - 4th September, Porto, Portugal
S.M Stewart, T. Lauridsen, H. Toft, D.W. Pethick, G.E. Gardner, P. McGilchrist and M. Christensen
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Automated grading of eye muscle area and intramuscular fat in Australian beef
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71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, 1st – 4th December 2020 (Online)
Calnan, H., Peterse, J., Klem, S., G. Gardner. (2019)
Repeatability of Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) measures of beef carcase composition at abattoir line speed.
65th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Potsdam, Germany.
J. Marimuthu, and G.E. Gardner
Design and Development of Low-Cost Portable RF/Microwave Handheld System for Lamb and Beef Abattoir in Australia.
Emerging Sensing Technologies Summit (Sensors & IoT) 2018
24-26 September 2018, Melbourne, Australia
Anderson, F., L Pannier, C Payne, D Pethick, G Gardner . 2019.
The potential of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry to predict overall liking of the loin grill in lamb.
65th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Potsdam, Germany.
Connaughton, S., F Anderson, K Kelman, A Williams, S Starling, G E. Gardner. 2019.
Improved accuracy of Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry prediction of lamb carcass composition using unattenuated image space adjustment.
65th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Potsdam, Germany.
Fulladosa, E. G Gardner, A Williams, I Muñoz, M Font-i-Furnols, P Gou. 2019.
Non-destructive spectrometric technologies to determine meat tenderness and discriminate sheep age group at slaughter.
65th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Potsdam, Germany.
J. Marimuthu, and G.E. Gardner
P8 and Rib Fat Depth Measurement on Beef Carcase using Portable Microwave System
65th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Pannier, L., O'Reilly, R. A., Anderson, F., Gardner, G.E., & Pethick, D.W. (2019).
Intramuscular fat as a predictor of sheepmeat eating quality.
In: Proceedings of the 65th International Conference of Meat Science and Technology, 4 – 9th August, Berlin, Germany.
Stewart, S.M., McGilchrist, P., Gardner, G.E., Pannier, L. & Pethick, D.W. (2019).
Technologies to predict eating quality in Australian beef carcasses.
In: Proceedings of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science in Ghent, 26 – 30th August, Ghent, Belgium.
Payne, C.E., Pannier, L., Anderson, F., Pethick, D.W. & Gardner, G.E. (2019).
Eating quality differences between new season and old season lambs are minimal.
In: Proceedings of the 65th International Conference of Meat Science and Technology, 4 – 9th August, Berlin, Germany, #290, P-01-13.
Guy, S Z Y; Walkom, S F; Anderson, F; Gardner, G E; McGilchrist, P; Brown, D J
The Genetic Relationships Between Intramuscular Fat Measured in Four Different Lamb Muscles
Proceedings of the AAABG 23rd Conference, v.23, p. 314-317
Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Armidale, NSW, 27 October-1 November
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Guy, S Z Y; McGilchrist, P; Brown, D J
Visual Marble Score as a Predictor of Intramuscular Fat for the Genetic Improvement of Eating Quality in Lamb
Proceedings of the AAABG 23rd Conference, v.23, p. 310-313
Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Armidale, NSW, 27 October-1 November
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Guy, S Z Y; Brown, D J
Enhanced Data Capture in Australian Red Meat Supply Chains for the Genetic Improvement of Eating Quality and Carcase Yield
Proceedings of the AAABG 23rd Conference, v.23, p. 584-587
Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Armidale, NSW, 27 October-1 November
Gardner, S Starling, J. Charnley, J. Hocking-Edwards, J. Peterse, A. Williams.
2018. Calibration of an on-line dual energy X-ray absorptiometer for estimating carcase composition in lamb at abattoir chain-speed.
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Vetharaniam, C E Devine, C R Craigie, M M Farouk, G E Gardner, N SA Hamid, P P Purslow. 2018.
Non-invasive prediction of meat quality for individual animals at slaughter.
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Connaughton, S., A. Williams, K.R. Kelman, F. Anderson, S.E. Starling, G.E. Gardner. 2018.
Prediction of lamb using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry is precise through changing processing factor.
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Calnan, H., McGilchrist, P., Giardina, C., G. Gardner. (2018)
Can scanning live lambs with a prototype rapid DEXA predict CT carcase Composition?
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Gardner, G.E., C.G. Jose, H.B. Calnan, S.M. Stewart, D.W. Pethick, P. McGilchrist, D.J. Brown, W.S. Pitchford, C. Ruberg and J. Marimuthu. 2018.
Accelerating the development of carcase measurement technologies in Australia.
69th Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
J. Marimuthu, J. Hocking-Edwards and G.E. Gardner
Non-Invasive Technique using low cost portable microwave system on carcase for fat depth measurement
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia
J. Marimuthu and G.E. Gardner
Low Cost Portable Microwave System for Non – Destructive Measurement of Carcase Fat Depth
Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science
Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27-31 August 2018
EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 24
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Anderson, F., A Williams, J Cook, G E Gardner. 2018.
Computed tomography has improved precision for prediction of intramuscular fat percent in the striploin in cattle compared to manual grading.
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Payne, C., F Anderson, G E Gardner, L Pannier, D W Pethick. 2018.
Using objective measurement technology to differentiate between lamb ages.
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Pannier, L. G.E. Gardner, R.A. O'Reilly, D.W. Pethick. 2018.
Factors affecting lamb eating quality and the potential for their integration into an MSA sheepmeat grading model.
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Stewart, G E Gardner, P McGilchrist, D W Pethick, R Polkinghorne, J M Thompson, G Tarr. 2018.
Marbling score versus intramuscular fat % as predictors of beef eating quality.
64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Williams, F. Anderson, J. Siddell, D. W. Pethick, J. E. Hocking Edwards and G. E. Gardner. 2017.
Predicting lamb carcase composition from carcase weight and gr tissue depth.
63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Cork, Ireland.
Williams, C. G. Jose, P. McGilchrist, B. J. Walmsley, M. J. McPhee, P. L. Greenwood and G. E. Gardner. 2017.
Predicting beef carcase composition from weight and rib fat depth.
63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Cork, Ireland.
Gardner, J. Peters, S. E. Starling, J. Cook, M. Shirazi and A. Williams. 2017.
Developing a dual X-ray absorptiometer for estimating carcase fatness in beef at abattoir chain-speed.
63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Cork, Ireland.
Connaughton, F. Anderson, K. R. Kelman, A. Williams, S. Starling and G. E. Gardner. 2017.
Fat prediction using an online dual energy X-ray absorptiometer is accurate in genetically divergent lambs.
63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Cork, Ireland.
Anderson, F., A. Williams , M. D. Boyce, J. Cook and G. E. Gardner. 2017.
The potential for dual energy x-ray absorptiometry to predict lamb age.
63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Cork, Ireland.
Kelman, K.R., Pannier, L., Suzuki, T., & Pethick, D.W. (2017).
Selection for increased lean meat yield does not independently impact consumer overall liking of lamb.
In: Proceedings of the 63rd International Congress of Meat Science and technology, 13-18th August, Cork, Ireland, 305.
Fowler, R. van de Ven, J. Hocking Edwards, G. E. Gardner, D. L. Hopkins and D. W. Pethick . 2017.
Can a NitFom near infrared system predict laboratory intramuscular fat values?
63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Cork, Ireland.