David Smith
David Smith

Dr David Smith SFHEA, MRSB

Lecturer

 0131 455 5644

  D.Smith@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

I graduated from UCW Aberystwyth in 1985 with a degree in Agriculture. Following graduation I went on to work with the National Pig Development Company, specialising in the selection and evaluation of animals for the hybrid breeding market. After two years working in industry I completed a Certificate in Education at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1988. I was then recruited by the British Council to teach agriculture to secondary school students in the Kalahari Region of Botswana. It was during this experience that I discovered my passion for teaching practical subjects, and was instrumental in developing the learning facilities of the school. These included extensive garden development, biogas generation facilities and livestock housing. After leaving Botswana, I worked in several Further Education Colleges of Agriculture in the UK, before coning to Edinburgh in 1991 to study for an MSc in Tropical Animal Production and Health at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (CTVM). Graduating with a distinction in this subject, I was retained as a research associate at the CTVM. I worked here for the next twelve years carrying out research into improving the health and welfare of working animals in Africa and South America. I joined Aberdeen University as a teaching fellow in 2003, where I taught livestock science to undergraduates and supervised several research degrees. I joined Edinburgh Napier University in 2007, where I was mainly involved with the development of the veterinary nursing degree programme. I am now programme leader for Biological Sciences in the School of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier,

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Quality Assurance Agency, Higher Education subject benchmarks for veterinary nursing

 

External Examining/Validations

  • Chief Examiner: Animal based industires, Hartpury Unversity College
  • External programme reviewer: Veterinary Nursing, University of Glasgow
  • External Examiner in Veterinary Nursing, Nottingham Trent University
  • External programme reviewer: Land based subjects (SRUC)

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Royal Society Visiting Fellow: Fort Hare University, South Africa
  • Honary Fellow: University of Zimbabwe
  • Honary Fellow: Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

 

Invited Speaker

  • Veterinary Nurse training in the UK, Kerala Veterinary Science Congress
  • Key ingredients in the integration of crop and livestock systems of Africa, Food and Agriculture Organisation

 

Non-executive Directorship

  • Financial Director: Tropical Resource Consultants

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • External Examiner, University of Reading
  • External Examiner: University Autonomía Estado México

 

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Evaluation of recently developed techniques for estimating diet composition in browsing herbivores.

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 oesophage...

Improving the productivity of donkeys in Ethiopia.

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...

Desirable values-based attributes and key skills of candidates: Perceptions of registered and unregistered nurses and midwives.

Conference Proceeding
Waugh, A., Smith, D. & Horsburgh, D. (2013)
Desirable values-based attributes and key skills of candidates: Perceptions of registered and unregistered nurses and midwives

The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK.

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 Pearson, R. A., Muir, C. J. & Farrow, M. (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 equi...

Avaliação do padrão circadiano das atividades de alimentação e ruminação de bovinos no pantanal pelo uso de aparelho registrador eletrônico portátil

Conference Proceeding
Santos, S. A., Smith, D. & Costa, C. (2000)
Avaliação do padrão circadiano das atividades de alimentação e ruminação de bovinos no pantanal pelo uso de aparelho registrador eletrônico portátil. In 38a Reuni, 2-6

The dry matter intake of grazing horses.

Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., Cuddeford, D., Mayes, R. & Hollands, T. (2006)
The dry matter intake of grazing horses

The farming system approach to draught animal research and development.

Conference Proceeding
Matthewman, R. W., Smith, D. & O'Neill, D. (1992)
The farming system approach to draught animal research and development. In O'Neill, D. H. & Hendriksen, G. (Eds.

A comparison of the energy requirements for work in donkeys, ponies and cattle.

Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., Nahius, A. & Archibald, R. F. (1993)
A comparison of the energy requirements for work in donkeys, ponies and cattle. In Working Equines. Second International Colloqium, Rabat, Morrocco, April 20 -22 1994, 17-22

Values-based attributes and key skills for nursing and midwifery candidates: the perceptions of registered and unregistered nurses and midwives.

Conference Proceeding
Waugh, A., Smith, D. & Horsburgh, D. (2012)
Values-based attributes and key skills for nursing and midwifery candidates: the perceptions of registered and unregistered nurses and midwives

Factors affecting the survival of donkeys in semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Conference Proceeding
Smith, D. & Pearson, R. A. (2002)
Factors affecting the survival of donkeys in semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. ISBN 0-907146-17-1
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 ...

Previous Post Grad projects

Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • Use of n-alkanes for estimation of voluntary intake and digestibility in donkeys ( Equus asinus ), University Autonomía Estado México
  • Some factors affecting the DE requirements and DMI of donkeys, University of Edinburgh