Teaching

• TV1002: Veterinary Professional Life 2 (Level 1; TSV)
• TV1101: Introductory Veterinary Science (Level 1; TSV)
• TV2001: Integrated Animal Structure and Function 1 (Level 2; TSV)
• TV2002: Integrated Animal Structure and Function 2 (Level 2; TSV)
• TV3001: Transitions from Health to Disease 1 (Level 3; TSV)
• TV5020: Animal Production (Level 5; TSV)
• TV5211: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 1/3 (Level 5; TSV)
• TV5212: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 2/3 (Level 5; TSV)
• TV5213: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 3/3 (Level 5; TSV)
• TV5320: Applied Protocol Writing (Level 5; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Crop and Pasture Production (0703)
• Animal Production (0702)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Pasture, Browse and Fodder Crops (8304)
• Livestock Raising (8303)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Mwangi F, Charmley E, Gardiner C, Malau-Aduli B, Kinobe R and Malau-Aduli A (2019) Diet and genetics influence beef cattle performance and meat quality characteristics. Foods, 8 (12), Article: 648, DOI:10.3390/foods8120648.
• Suybeng B, Charmley E, Gardiner C, Malau-Aduli B and Malau-Aduli A (2019) Methane emissions and the use of Desmanthus in beef cattle production in Northern Australia. Animals, 9 (8), Article: 542, DOI:10.3390/ani9080542.
• Vandermeulen S, Singh S, Ramírez-Restrepo C, Kinley R, Gardiner C, Holtum J, Hannah I and Bindelle J (2018) In vitro assessment of ruminal fermentation, digestibility and methane production of three species of Desmanthus for application in northern Australian grazing systems. Crop & Pasture Science, 69 (8), pp. 797-807, DOI:10.1071/CP17279.
• Durmic Z, Ramírez-Restrepo C, Gardiner C, O'Neil C, Hussein E and Vercoe P (2017) Differences in the nutrient concentrations, in vitro methanogenic potential and other fermentative traits of tropical grasses and legumes for beef production systems in northern Australia. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 97 (12), pp. 4075-4082, DOI:10.1002/jsfa.8274.
• Parker E, Gardiner C, Kessell A and Parker A (2017) Hypovitaminosis A in extensively grazed beef cattle. Australian Veterinary Journal, 95 (3), pp. 80-84, DOI:10.1111/avj.12560.
• Amar A, Congdon R, Gardiner C and Coventry R (2016) Quality of seed produced by tropical forage legumes on low fertility soils. Agroland, 3 (1), pp. 1-13.
• Nogueira D, Gummow B, Gardiner C, Cavalieri J, Fitzpatrick L and Parker A (2016) A survey of the meat goat industry in Queensland and New South Wales. 2. Herd management, reproductive performance and animal health. Animal Production Science, 56 (9), pp. 1533-1544, DOI:10.1071/AN14794.
• Nogueira D, Gardiner C, Gummow B, Cavalieri J, Fitzpatrick L and Parker A (2016) A survey of the meat goat industry in Queensland and New South Wales. 1. General property information, goat and pasture management. Animal Production Science, 56 (9), pp. 1520-1532, DOI:10.1071/AN14793.
• Baker A, Ezzahir J, Gardiner C, Shipton W and Warner J (2015) Environmental attributes influencing the distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Northern Australia. PLoS ONE, 10 (9), Article: e0138953, pp. 1-11, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0138953.
• Prasertsincharoen N, Constantinoiu C, Gardiner C, Warner J and Elliman J (2015) Effects of colonization of the roots of domestic rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Amaroo) by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81 (13), pp. 4368-4375, DOI:10.1128/AEM.00317-15.

Book Chapters

• Gardiner C (2016) Developing and commercializing new pasture legumes for clay soils in the semi-arid rangelands of northern Australia: the new Desmanthus cultivars JCU 1–5 and the Progardes story. In: Tropical Forage Legumes: harnessing the potential of Desmanthus and other genera for heavy clay soils. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp. 283-304

Conference Papers

• Gardiner C, Ossiya S and Rangel J (2017) Discontinued legume trials yield potentially valuable genotypes. Proceedings of the 18th Australian Agronomy Conference. 24-28 September 2017, Ballarat, VIC, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 61+ research outputs authored by Mr Chris Gardiner from 1995 onwards.

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Tropical beef cattle feed lot performance, carcass evaluation and meat quality in response to backgrounding on Desmanthus pasture legume (PhD , External Advisor)
• Nutritional Impact of Leucaena Leucocephala and Desmanthus as Protein Supplements on Tropical Beef Cattle Performance, Methane emissions and Meat Quality (PhD , External Advisor)

Completed

• Studies in the ecology and biocontrol of Burkholderia Pseudomallei (2019, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• The meat goat industry in Australia: geographical, seasonal and nutritional influences on reproduction in female goats (2015, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Validation of metabolisable protein and energy systems to predict the productivity of meat goats fed tropical grass, legumes and protein supplements (2019, PhD , External Advisor)

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