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Research interests
I am a behavioural ecologist in the Disease Systems Team, and my main interests are:
- Impact of disease on animal behaviour
- Pathogen induced changes in behaviour
- Behavioural alterations to avoid pathogens
- Sickness behaviour
- Impact of animal behaviour on disease dynamics
- social behaviour
- Ecology & community structure
- Behaviour as an early indicator of disease
I am interested in disease dynamics in both wildlife and livestock species, as well as the wildlife-livestock intereface. I am an experiences experimental field biologist. My reserch used livestock and remote monitoring techniques (proximity loggers, GPS, activity loggers) to investigate concepts in behavioural ecology and disease ecology.
Teaching
Veterinary Epidemiology MSc, University of Edinburgh
- Co-ordinator role for whole Vetrinary Epidemiology programme
- Module leader: Livestock behaviours as routes of disease transmission
- Module leader: Rights, roles and Responsibilities in disease control
- Lecturer:
- Introduction to Veterinary Epidemiology
- Livestock management impacts on disease control
- Host-pathogen arms race
BSc Global Academy of Agriculture & Food Security, University of Edinburgh
- Lecturer - Interactions within systems
Ecology/Zoology BSc, University of Edinburgh
- Lecturer - Behavioural Ecology
Applied Animal Science, BSc SRUC/University of Glasgow
Module leader: Diversity of Life
Module leader: Host-pathogen Interactions
Module leader: Wildife-Agriculture Interactions
Supervision
PhD student 2017 - present. Behavioural signatures of Parasitism
MSc students: 6 students studying topics in behaviour, parasitiology and Epidemiology
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of York
2004 → 2007
Award Date: 26 Jul 2007
Master, University of Edinburgh
2001 → 2002
Award Date: 1 May 2002
Bachelor, University of Aberdeen
1996 → 2000
Award Date: 1 May 2000
External positions
University of Stirling
Nov 2007 → Mar 2009
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RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management
Wall, E., Smith, S., Nicoll, L., Parker, J., Robertson, D., Davidson, R., Donbavand, J., Anderson, C., Roehe, R., Harrison, B., Purcell, L., Duthie, C., Gunn, G., Pritchard, T., Jones, S., Bagnall, A., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Archibald, I., Rees, B., Eory, V., Glenk, K., Edwards, T., Buckingham, S., March, M., Broadbent, C., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Wishart, H., Griffiths, B., Fox, N., Sparks, N., Shrestha, S., Banos, G., Henry, M., Watson, C., Dickinson, J., Topp, K., Burnett, F., Kyle, J., Denholm, S., Dewhurst, R., Lawson, D., McCubbin, I., Dwyer, C., Holland, J., McCracken, D., Barratt, A., Havis, N., Stanisz-Migal, M., Miller, G., Bowen, J., Hutchings, M., Creissen, H., D'Eath, R., Baddeley, J., Houdijk, J., Coffey, M., Morgan-Davies, C., Walker, R., Turner, S., Haskell, M., Barnes, A., Athanasiadou, S., Cole, L., Sandilands, V., McLaren, A., MacLeod, M. & Smith, L.
1/04/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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Considering appropriate replication in the design of animal social network studies
Smith, LA., Swain, DL., Innocent, GT., Nevison, I. & Hutchings, MR., 10 May 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 7208.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ubiquitous parasites drive a 33% increase in methane yield from livestock
Fox, NJ., Smith, LA., Houdijk, JGM., Athanasiadou, S. & Hutchings, MR., Nov 2018, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 48, 13, p. 1017 - 1021 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance
Walton, L., Marion, G., Davidson, RS., White, PCL., Smith, LA., Gavier-Widen, D., Yon, L., Hannant, D. & Hutchings, MR., Oct 2016, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 53, 5, p. 1460 - 1469 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bean starch concentrates as home grown alternative to soya bean meal in grower and finisher pig diets
Smith, LA., Concalves dos Reis, B., Olukosi, OA. & Houdijk, JGM., Apr 2015, (First published) p. 173. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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By-pass based protein supplementation and periparturient ewe performance
Houdijk, JGM., Smith, LA. & Vipond, JE., Apr 2015, (First published) p. 162. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Datasets
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Data from: The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance
Walton, L. (Contributor), Marion, G. (Creator), Davidson, R. (Contributor), White, P. C. L. (Creator), Smith, L. (Contributor), Gavier-Widen, D. (Contributor), Yon, L. (Creator), Hannant, D. (Creator), Hutchings, M. (Contributor) & White, P. C. L. (Creator), Dryad, 1 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s6518, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.s6518
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