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The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education (2023)
Thesis
Smith, D. The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education. (Thesis). Tampere University of Applied Science

Within the universities of the UK, the COVID pandemic necessitated a rapid change from face-to-face teaching to online learning. The affordances of this switch have been widely recognised by higher education institutes in terms of pedagogic and faci... Read More about The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education.

Veterinary Nurse training in the UK (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Cooper, B., & Smith, D. (2015). Veterinary Nurse training in the UK.

Veterinary Nursing in the UK is still a relatively young profession. Whilst it is known that there were animal nurses in existence in the late 1800’s the role and title ‘Veterinary Nurse’ has only been fully recognised since 1984. Opportunities to t... Read More about Veterinary Nurse training in the UK.

Ensuring standards of clinical care provided by veterinary nurses through regulation, registration and accredited training. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., Dougherty, K., & Yates, K. (2015). Ensuring standards of clinical care provided by veterinary nurses through regulation, registration and accredited training.

The gestation of veterinary nursing as a recognised and self-regulated profession in the United Kingdom can be best described as long and difficult. Caught between the twin expectations and anxieties of the well-established professions of nursing an... Read More about Ensuring standards of clinical care provided by veterinary nurses through regulation, registration and accredited training..

Regulations relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in the United Kingdom. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., & Copper, B. (2015). Regulations relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in the United Kingdom.

Veterinary nursing is now a well recognise professional route in the UK. There is considerable capacity within the industry to increase the number of veterinary nurses employed. As the veterinary care sector of the economy continues to expand the r... Read More about Regulations relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in the United Kingdom..

Addressing professional competency barriers that restrict bilateral international mobility of undergraduate veterinary nursing students. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., & Webster, B. Addressing professional competency barriers that restrict bilateral international mobility of undergraduate veterinary nursing students. . Manuscript submitted for publication

This paper is primarily aimed at addressing some of the issues that relate to student mobility in the area of veterinary nurse education across the world. Mobility of veterinary nursing students and registered practitioners is limited by the highly... Read More about Addressing professional competency barriers that restrict bilateral international mobility of undergraduate veterinary nursing students..

Putting employer engagement at the heart of Higher Education degree programmes. Sharing Edinburgh Napier University’s experiences. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., & Hussian, M. Putting employer engagement at the heart of Higher Education degree programmes. Sharing Edinburgh Napier University’s experiences. . Manuscript submitted for publication

Edinburgh Napier University has 50 year history of working with regional employers to develop programmes of study which produce appropriately skilled and qualified graduates. Recently, through the nationally funded Graduate Employability Project sev... Read More about Putting employer engagement at the heart of Higher Education degree programmes. Sharing Edinburgh Napier University’s experiences..

Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills (2014)
Journal Article
Waugh, A., Smith, D., Horsburgh, D., & Gray, M. (2014). Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills. Nurse Education Today, 34(9), 1190-1195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2013.12.009

Summary Selection and retention of preregistration nursing and midwifery students are issues that exercise educators, universities and commissioning bodies both nationally and internationally. It has recently become an expectation that a values-ba... Read More about Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills.

Practical Donkey and Mule Nutrition (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, D., & Burden, F. (2012). Practical Donkey and Mule Nutrition. In R. J. Geor, M. Coenen, & P. Harris (Eds.), Equine Applied and Clinical Nutrition: Health, Welfare and Performance, 106-140. Saunders

The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. (2012)
Book Chapter
Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Morriss, C. J., & Cuddeford, D. (2012). The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. In M. Saastamoinen, M. J. Fradinho, A. S. Santos, & N. Miraglia (Eds.), Forages and grazing in horse nutrition, 163-176. Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-755-4_17

Good pasture management on equine operations is essential to maintaining the productivity and value of the pasture as well as providing the proper nutrients and environment to grow a healthy horse. The objective of this paper is to provide an overvie... Read More about The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK..

Phosphorylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is essential for interleukin-8 release from intestinal epithelial cells in response to challenge with Escherichia coli O157 :H7 flagellin. (2011)
Journal Article
Fraser-Pitt, D. J., Cameron, P., McNeilly, T. N., Boyd, A., Manson, E. D. T., & Smith, D. G. E. (2011). challenge with Escherichia coli O157 :H7 flagellin. Microbiology, 157, 2339-2347. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.047670-0

Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 is a major food-borne and environmental pathogen responsible for both sporadic cases and outbreaks of food poisoning which can lead to serious sequelae, such as haemolytic uraemic syndrome. The structural subunit of... Read More about Phosphorylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is essential for interleukin-8 release from intestinal epithelial cells in response to challenge with Escherichia coli O157 :H7 flagellin..

Characterisation of proteins extracted from the surface of Salmonella Typhimurium grown under SPI-2-inducing conditions by LC-ESI/MS/MS sequencing. (2011)
Journal Article
Sherry, A. E., Inglis, N. F., Stevenson, A., Fraser-Pitt, D. J., Everest, P., Smith, D. G. E., & Roberts, M. (2011). Characterisation of proteins extracted from the surface of Salmonella Typhimurium grown under SPI-2-inducing conditions by LC-ESI/MS/MS sequencing. Proteomics, 11, 361-370. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.200900802

Salmonella enterica has two pathogenicity islands encoding separate type three secretion systems (T3SS). Proteins secreted through these systems facilitate invasion and survival. After entry, Salmonella reside within a membrane bound vacuole, the Sal... Read More about Characterisation of proteins extracted from the surface of Salmonella Typhimurium grown under SPI-2-inducing conditions by LC-ESI/MS/MS sequencing..

Performance of five different electrospray ionisation sources in conjunction with rapid monolithic column liquid chromatography and fast MS/MS scanning. (2009)
Journal Article
Burgess, K. E. V., Lainson, A., Imrie, L., Fraser-Pitt, D. J., Yaga, R., Smith, D. G. E., …Inglis, N. F. (2009). Performance of five different electrospray ionisation sources in conjunction with rapid monolithic column liquid chromatography and fast MS/MS scanning. Proteomics, 9, 1720-1726. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.200800200

The performances of five different ESI sources coupled to a polystyrene-divinylbenzene monolithic column were compared in a series of LC-ESI-MS/MS analyses of Escherichia coli outer membrane proteins. The sources selected for comparison included two... Read More about Performance of five different electrospray ionisation sources in conjunction with rapid monolithic column liquid chromatography and fast MS/MS scanning..

Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1 (2008)
Book Chapter
Smith, D., & Wood, S. (2007). Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1. In D. Svendsen (Ed.), The professional handbook of the donkey, 10-27. Whttet Books

This chapter focus on the significant aspects regarding the nutrition of donkeys. Topics include: the donkey's natural feeding patterns, the structure of the donkey's gut, physical breakdown, chemical breakdown, the nature of donkey's food, water req... Read More about Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1.

The Mathematical Dog. (2008)
Digital Artefact
Smith, D. (2008). The Mathematical Dog

Extraordinary Animals Season 2 Episode 1 S2E1 Maggie is a seven-year-old Jack Russell that can do simple mathematical calculations by tapping correct answers using her paw. Animal experts travel to her Florida home to assess the claims for themse... Read More about The Mathematical Dog..

Report to UNHCR Chad on proposals for livestock and animal owners in Eastern Chad. (2008)
Report
Hulme, J., Pope, S., Smith, D., & Wilsmore, T. (2008). Report to UNHCR Chad on proposals for livestock and animal owners in Eastern Chad

Estimates of current livestock numbers owned by refugees in the 12 UNCHR camps in eastern Chad vary widely between 173,000 and 427,000 head, using data gathered by camp authorities. Finding adequate food for these animals is becoming an increasing c... Read More about Report to UNHCR Chad on proposals for livestock and animal owners in Eastern Chad..

Use of n-alkanes for estimation of voluntary intake and digestibility in donkeys (Equus asinus) (2007)
Journal Article
Castelǭn-Ortega, O. A., Estrada-Flores, J. G., Smith, D., Colunga, G. B., Solis_Mendezl, A., Aviles_Nova, F., …Garcial, I. (2007). Use of n-alkanes for estimation of voluntary intake and digestibility in donkeys (Equus asinus). Journal of animal and feed sciences, 16, 307-312

The aim of this work was to evaluate if the n-alkanes (C32) technique can be used to determine voluntary dry matter intake (DMI) and dry matter digestibility (DMD) in grazing donkeys. Two experiments were carried out; in trial 1 DMI and DMD were meas... Read More about Use of n-alkanes for estimation of voluntary intake and digestibility in donkeys (Equus asinus).

Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids. (2007)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Mayes, R. W., Hollands, T., Cuddeford, D., Yule, H. H., Ladrero, C. M. M., & Gillen, E. (2007). Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids. Journal of Agricultural Science, 145, 273-281. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859607006788

The estimation of dry matter intake (DMI) using the alkane pair technique has been validated in ruminants, but not in equids. The current paper reports the finding of three comparative validation studies carried out using a total of 12 cattle, 29 don... Read More about Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids..

Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK. (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Muir, C. J., & Cuddeford, D. (2007). Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK. In R. A. Pearson, C. J. Muir, & M. Farrow (Eds.),

At present there are no published feeding guidelines specific to donkeys. Current recommendations are to feed 0.75 of horse energy needs on a body weight basis. However, it has been shown that donkeys have a greater digestive efficiency than horses a... Read More about Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK..

The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Muir, C. J., Oliver, J., & Cuddeford, D. (2006). The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. In R. A. Pearson, C. J. Muir, & M. Farrow (Eds.),

Measuring daily food intake of foraging animals is essential if accurate feeding rations are to be implemented. The alkane technique, which has recently been validated in equines, now provides the opportunity to measure intake at pasture. The aims of... Read More about The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK..

Book review - "Nutritional physiology of the horse" - Ellis, Andrea D., HIll, Julian (2006)
Journal Article
Smith, D. (2006). Book review - "Nutritional physiology of the horse" - Ellis, Andrea D., HIll, Julian. Biologist, 53, 202

There has been a considerable advance in our knowledge of equine nutritional physiology over the past two decades, as techniques originally developed for ruminant research have been systematically applied to horses. “Nutritional physiology of the ho... Read More about Book review - "Nutritional physiology of the horse" - Ellis, Andrea D., HIll, Julian.

Book review - Reptilian Incubation. Environment, Evolution and Behaviour (2006)
Journal Article
Smith, D. (2006). Book review - Reptilian Incubation. Environment, Evolution and Behaviour. Biologist, 53, 151

Both professional and amateur herpetologists will find Reptile Incubation: Environment, Evolution and Behaviour a fascinating read. The book provides detailed academic discussions of a broad range of topics in an engaging readable style. Deeming an... Read More about Book review - Reptilian Incubation. Environment, Evolution and Behaviour.

Episode 30 - Dog intelligence. (2006)
Digital Artefact
Smith, D. (2006). Episode 30 - Dog intelligence

Are you a fan of pedigrees or do you prefer crossbreeds? Opinions on this area can be very heartfelt, and the issue is clouded in myth. Which is more intelligent though, a pure pedigree or a mixed up mutt? At Aberdeen University in Scotland, Dr D... Read More about Episode 30 - Dog intelligence..

Uni takes lead in dog IQ testing. (2006)
Digital Artefact
Smith, D. (2006). Uni takes lead in dog IQ testing. [BBC News channel]

Scottish scientists are trying to prove intelligence is not just down to good breeding - at least for dogs. Aberdeen University is running IQ tests on pedigree and crossbreeds to see which ones are smarter. Researchers hope the tests, mostly in... Read More about Uni takes lead in dog IQ testing..

The impact of donkey ownership on the livelihoods of female peri-urban dwellers in Ethiopia. (2005)
Journal Article
Curran, M. M., & Smith, D. (2004). The impact of donkey ownership on the livelihoods of female peri-urban dwellers in Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 37, (67-86). ISSN 0049-4747

This paper is based on an impact assessment of a donkey provision programme in Ethiopia. The work was carried out in 2001 as part of a DFID Livestock Production Programme project 'Use and management of donkeys by poor societies in peri-urban areas in... Read More about The impact of donkey ownership on the livelihoods of female peri-urban dwellers in Ethiopia..

Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK. (2005)
Journal Article
Wood, S. J., Smith, D., & Morris, C. J. (2005). Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK. Pferdeheilkunde, 21, 39-40

This study was conducted between May 2003 and July 2004 at The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, Devon, UK. Two recording periods took place; the first between June and August 2003 and the second between December 2003 and February 2004. Twenty donkeys (10... Read More about Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK..

The impact of access to animal health services on donkey health and livelihoods in Ethiopia. (2005)
Journal Article
Curran, M. M., Feseha, G., & Smith, D. (2004). The impact of access to animal health services on donkey health and livelihoods in Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 37, (47-65). ISSN 0049-4747

This study was carried out to assess the impact of animal healthcare services on poor donkey owners in Ethiopia. The services provided by the Donkey Sanctuary were used as a case study. A questionnaire survey was designed and carried out in the areas... Read More about The impact of access to animal health services on donkey health and livelihoods in Ethiopia..

Digestible Energy Requirements of Mexican Donkeys Fed Oat Straw and Maize Stover (2005)
Journal Article
Carretero-Roque, L., Colunga, G. B., Smith, D., Gonzǭlez-Ronquillo, M., Sol, A., & Castelǭn-Ortega, O. A. (2005). Digestible Energy Requirements of Mexican Donkeys Fed Oat Straw and Maize Stover. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 37(S1), 123-142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-005-9012-3

The limited availability of food, together with the constraints that traditional management systems impose on the natural foraging behaviour of donkeys, often results in severe under-nutrition. Few studies have been conducted into the digestibility o... Read More about Digestible Energy Requirements of Mexican Donkeys Fed Oat Straw and Maize Stover.

Seasonal Variation in the Parasite Burden and Body Condition of Working Donkeys in East Shewa and West Shewa Regions of Ethiopia (2005)
Journal Article
Yoseph, S., Smith, D., Mengistu, A., Teklu, F., Firew, T., & Betere, Y. (2005). Seasonal Variation in the Parasite Burden and Body Condition of Working Donkeys in East Shewa and West Shewa Regions of Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 37(S1), 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-005-9004-3

A survey of donkeys arriving at markets in three localities in East and West Shewa regions of central Ethiopia was carried out during 2002. Total faecal worm egg counts and body condition scores were measured for a total of 963 donkeys over a 12-mont... Read More about Seasonal Variation in the Parasite Burden and Body Condition of Working Donkeys in East Shewa and West Shewa Regions of Ethiopia.

The effect of providing feed supplementation and anthelmintic to donkeys during late pregnancy and lactation on live weight and survival of dams and their foals in Central Ethiopia (2005)
Journal Article
Mengistu, A., Smith, D., Yoseph, S., Nega, T., Zewdie, W., Kassahun, W. G., …Firew, T. (2005). The effect of providing feed supplementation and anthelmintic to donkeys during late pregnancy and lactation on live weight and survival of dams and their foals in Central Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 37(S1), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-005-9003-4

Anthelmintic treatment (A), feed supplementation (F), anthelmintic and feed supplementation (A+F) or traditional management (Control) was given to 166 pregnant female donkeys in three localities (Holetta, Debre Zeit and Adami Tulu) in Ethiopia during... Read More about The effect of providing feed supplementation and anthelmintic to donkeys during late pregnancy and lactation on live weight and survival of dams and their foals in Central Ethiopia.

Participatory Study on Feeding Strategies for Working Donkeys Used by Campesino Farmers in the Highlands of Central México (2005)
Journal Article
Colunga, G. B., Arriaga-Jordǭn, C. M., Velǭquez Beltran, L., Gonzǭlez-Ronquillo, M., Smith, D., Estrada-Flores, J., …Castelǭn-Ortega, O. A. (2005). Participatory Study on Feeding Strategies for Working Donkeys Used by Campesino Farmers in the Highlands of Central México. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 37(S1), 143-157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-005-9013-2

The aim of this work was to describe the feeding strategies for donkeys used by peasant farmers in central MǸxico. Feeding strategies for the dry and wet seasons are described, as well as the nutritional characteristics of the main forages and supple... Read More about Participatory Study on Feeding Strategies for Working Donkeys Used by Campesino Farmers in the Highlands of Central México.

A Review of the Factors Affecting the Survival of Donkeys in Semi-arid Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa (2005)
Journal Article
Smith, D., & Pearson, R. A. (2005). A Review of the Factors Affecting the Survival of Donkeys in Semi-arid Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 37(S1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-005-9002-5

The large fluctuations seen in cattle populations during periods of drought in sub-Saharan Africa are not evident in the donkey population. Donkeys appear to have a survival advantage over cattle that is increasingly recognized by smallholder farmers... Read More about A Review of the Factors Affecting the Survival of Donkeys in Semi-arid Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

R7350 Final Technical Report: Use and management of donkeys by poor societies I peri-urban areas of Ethiopia. (2004)
Report
Smith, D. (2004). R7350 Final Technical Report: Use and management of donkeys by poor societies I peri-urban areas of Ethiopia

The purpose of the project was to improve the livelihoods of peri-urban donkey users by identifying appropriate interventions and dissemination pathways that would increase donkey ownership and work performance. A multidisciplinary group of scient... Read More about R7350 Final Technical Report: Use and management of donkeys by poor societies I peri-urban areas of Ethiopia..

Book Review: Drought, livestock losses and the potential for feed production from arable land in Afghanistan: A case study of 183 villages with mixed crop/livestock farming systems. (2004)
Journal Article
Smith, D. (2004). Drought, livestock losses and the potential for feed production from arable land in Afghanistan: A case study of 183 villages with mixed crop/livestock farming systems. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 36, 566. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3ATROP.0000041126.04636.09

Of all the problems that Afghanistan has faced during the last twenty years, perhaps the least well known is the regular occurrence of drought. As frequently as four years in 10, failure of the rains results in livestock numbers falling by 70 – 86%,... Read More about Book Review: Drought, livestock losses and the potential for feed production from arable land in Afghanistan: A case study of 183 villages with mixed crop/livestock farming systems..

The road out of poverty. (2004)
Book Chapter
Smith, D. (2004). The road out of poverty. In B. Siderman-Wolter (Ed.), Positive Developments: A photographic exhibition held at the Eden Project (22-23). Natural Resources International Limited

Donkey ownership in Ethiopia can directly improve people's livelihoods, even the landless and powerless. Donkey ownership diversifies income-generating activities and reduces labour burden within the household. Better health and welfare of donkeys e... Read More about The road out of poverty..

Factors affecting the survival of donkeys in semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. (2003)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., & Pearson, R. A. (2002). Factors affecting the survival of donkeys in semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa

Paper published in PEARSON, R.A., FIELDING, D. and TABBAA, D. Eds. (2003). Fourth International Colloquium on Working Equines. Proceedings of an International Colloquium held at Al Baath University, Hama, Syria April 20-26 2002. SPANA, 14 John Street... Read More about Factors affecting the survival of donkeys in semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa..

¿Existe un papel para biosaf en las dietas de equinos? (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Stebbens, H. R., Smith, D., & Cuddeford, D. (2002, December). ¿Existe un papel para biosaf en las dietas de equinos?. Paper presented at el V Seminario Internacional de Microbiología Aplicada a la Nutrición Animal, Guadalajara, 2002

Translation from Spanish: BIOSAF Sc47 has been incorporated into the diets of rabbits, sheep, cattle, and pigs, where has allowed a better use of the food, high consumption and better productive performance in general. Its mode of action is not full... Read More about ¿Existe un papel para biosaf en las dietas de equinos?.

Evaluation of recently developed techniques for estimating diet composition in browsing herbivores. (2002)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Mpendu, B. F., Lamani, M. B., Dzeba, L., & Kelly, E. (2001). Evaluation of recently developed techniques for estimating diet composition in browsing herbivores. Agrippa,

Accuracy of estimates of botanical composition of herbivore diet may be improved through the use of recently developed techniques (alkane analysis, remote controlled oesophageal fistula valve). Three Boer goats allowed free choice of five forage spec... Read More about Evaluation of recently developed techniques for estimating diet composition in browsing herbivores..

Improving the productivity of donkeys in Ethiopia. (2002)
Conference Proceeding
Ocheing, F., Alemayahu, M., & Smith, D. (2002). Improving the productivity of donkeys in Ethiopia.

In Ethiopia, animal traction contributes significantly in supporting both rural and urban livelihoods. Draught animals provide smallholder farmers and transport operators with vital power for agricultural and transport work, and is a major player in... Read More about Improving the productivity of donkeys in Ethiopia..

Evaluation of 3 techniques for determining diet composition. (2001)
Journal Article
Henley, S. R., Smith, D., & Raats, J. G. (2000). Evaluation of 3 techniques for determining diet composition. Journal of range management, 54, (582-588). ISSN 0022-409X

Over a period of four days, three goats were employed to compare three techniques applied to the study of herbivore diet selection, namely direct observation, faecal analysis and the recently developed remote control oesophageal fistula valve. Direct... Read More about Evaluation of 3 techniques for determining diet composition..

Effect of species, plant part, and season of harvest on n-alkane concentrations in the cuticular wax of common rangeland grasses from southern Africa (2001)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Mayes, R. W., & Raats, J. G. (2001). Effect of species, plant part, and season of harvest on n-alkane concentrations in the cuticular wax of common rangeland grasses from southern Africa. Australian journal of agricultural research, 52, 875-882. https://doi.org/10.1071/AR00032

The use of plant alkane concentrations to measure diet composition of herbivores has been shown to be a reliable technique in animals grazing temperate, sown pastures that contain a relatively small number of plant species. There is potential to deve... Read More about Effect of species, plant part, and season of harvest on n-alkane concentrations in the cuticular wax of common rangeland grasses from southern Africa.

Assessment of health conditions of donkeys kept in urban and rural areas of central Ethiopia. (2000)
Book Chapter
Gemechu, K., Aster, Y., Tamirat, D., & Pearson, R. A. (1999). Assessment of health conditions of donkeys kept in urban and rural areas of central Ethiopia. In D. Smith, T. Agajie, & L. More (Eds.), Alleviating poverty in Peri-urban Ethiopia by improving the health, welfare and management of donkeys. Promoting peri-urban livelihoods through better donkey welfare. Proceedings of a workshop held at Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, October 2000, 29-35. Ethiopa: CTVM

R7376: A practical decision support tool to improve the feedmanagement of ruminant work animals. Final Technical Report (2000)
Report
Thorne, P. J., & Smith, D. (2000). R7376: A practical decision support tool to improve the feedmanagement of ruminant work animals. Final Technical Report

Deteriorating levels of food production and increasing demands for food have reduced food security amongst rural communities in poor countries. Draught animal technology can help alleviate this problem by improving timeliness and reducing human drud... Read More about R7376: A practical decision support tool to improve the feedmanagement of ruminant work animals. Final Technical Report.

The effects of work on food intake and ingestive behaviour of draught cattle and buffalo given barley straw (1994)
Journal Article
Pearson, R. A., & Smith, D. (1994). The effects of work on food intake and ingestive behaviour of draught cattle and buffalo given barley straw. Animal production, 58(03), 339-346. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100007273

In the first experiment draught cattle and buffalo were worked for 5 h/day and/or given 17 h access to feed. In the second experiment they were worked for 4 h/day and/or given 20 h access to feed. When animals were prevented from feeding on barley st... Read More about The effects of work on food intake and ingestive behaviour of draught cattle and buffalo given barley straw.

FINAL REPORT – MAY 2002 Trial 3: In vivo evaluation of the effect of Biosaf Sc47 on fibre digestibility in ponies fed haylage
Report
Cuddeford, D., Smith, D., & Stebbens, H. (2002). FINAL REPORT – MAY 2002 Trial 3: In vivo evaluation of the effect of Biosaf Sc47 on fibre digestibility in ponies fed haylage

The beneficial effects of feeding Biosaf Sc47 are well established in both ruminant and non-ruminant farm animals. In beef and dairy cattle, the addition of Biosaf Sc47 to the diet results in greater live weight gains and milk production. It is post... Read More about FINAL REPORT – MAY 2002 Trial 3: In vivo evaluation of the effect of Biosaf Sc47 on fibre digestibility in ponies fed haylage.

FINAL REPORT – DECEMBER 2001: The effects of Biosaf Sc47 on the dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent fibre (ADF) disappearance from four different forages using equine faecal inoculum in an in vitro system
Report
Cuddeford, D., Smith, D., & Stebbens, H. (2001). FINAL REPORT – DECEMBER 2001: The effects of Biosaf Sc47 on the dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent fibre (ADF) disappearance from four different forages using equine faecal inoculum in an in vitro system

The beneficial effects of feeding Biosaf Sc47 are well established in both ruminant and non-ruminant farm animals. In beef and dairy cattle, the addition of Biosaf Sc47 to the diet results in greater live weight gains and milk production. It is post... Read More about FINAL REPORT – DECEMBER 2001: The effects of Biosaf Sc47 on the dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent fibre (ADF) disappearance from four different forages using equine faecal inoculum in an in vitro system.