Rate My Professor Emma Lynch

Dr. Emma Lynch serves as Lecturer in Ruminant Production within the School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England. She earned her PhD in Ruminant Nutrition from Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, where her thesis examined canola meal supplementation for beef cattle on low-quality roughages, focusing on growth performance, carcass traits, meat and eating quality, and various digestibility assessment methods. She also holds a Bachelor of Animal Science (Honours) from the same institution. In her current role, Dr. Lynch co-leads the Meat Science team with Professor Peter McGilchrist, contributing to research in livestock genetics, carcass evaluation, meat quality assessment, technology development, and consumer preferences. Her primary research interests encompass meat science, meat and eating quality, and protein supplementation strategies in ruminants, particularly exploring novel feedstuffs such as canola meal and hemp biomass and their impacts on ruminant production outcomes.

Dr. Lynch has authored several peer-reviewed publications, including 'Canola meal as a supplement for grass-fed beef cattle: Effects on growth rates, carcase and meat quality, and consumer sensory evaluations' (Meat Science, 2023), 'Intake, nutrient digestibility, rumen parameters, growth rate, carcase characteristics and cannabinoid residues of sheep fed pelleted rations containing hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)' (Translational Animal Science, 2021), 'Nutrient digestibility, rumen parameters, and (cannabinoid) residues in sheep fed a pelleted diet containing green hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) biomass' (Translational Animal Science, 2022), 'Effects of varying inclusion levels of canola meal for grass-fed cattle' (2022), and 'Confinement odour, quality, and safety of thawed lamb racks, frozen after an initial ageing period of up to 3 weeks' (Small Ruminant Research, 2025). She teaches units including ANSC101 Animal Handling, ANPR211 Animal Production Systems and Products, and ANUT300 Applied Animal Nutrition, highlighting the roles of handling and nutrition in product quality. Additionally, she holds the position of NSW Branch Secretary for the Australian Association of Animal Sciences.