Awards Queensland Science Champion 2014 iAward in Research and Development for Virtual Fencing Technology, Australian Information Industry Association, Queensland Division.

Dave has special interests in: Behavioural ecology including modelling spatial behavioural interactions Automated monitoring of animal behaviour Sensor networks Social behaviour in herding animals Behavioural adaptation Precision livestock management

Swain, DL, Patison, KP, Heath, BM, Bishop-Huurley, GJ & Finger, A 2015, 'Pregnant cattle associations and links to maternal reciprocity', Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 168, pp. 10-17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2015.04.008 Taylor-Robinson, AW, Walton, S, Swain, DL, Walsh, KB & Vajta, G 2014, 'The potential for modification in cloning and vitrification technology to enhance genetic progress in beef cattle in Northern AustraliaThe potential for modification in cloning and vitrification technology to enhance genetic progress in beef cattle in Northern Australia', Animal Reproduction Science, vol. 148, no. 3-4, pp. 91-96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.06.004 Finger, A, Patison, KP, Heath, BM & Swain, DL 2014, 'Changes in the group associations of free-ranging beef cows at calving', Animal Production Science, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 270-276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AN12423 O'Neill, CJ, Bishop-Hurley, GJ, Williams, PJ, Reid, DJ & Swain, DL 2014, 'Using UHF proximity loggers to quantify male��female interactions: a scoping study of estrous activity in cattle', Animal Reproduction Science, vol. 151, no. 1-2, pp. 1-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.09.017 Ruiz-Mirazo, J, Bishop-Hurley, G & Swain, D 2011, 'Automated animal control: can discontinuous monitoring and aversive stimulation modify cattle grazing behaviour?', Rangeland Ecology and Management, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 240-248, http://dx.doi.org/10.2111/REM-D-10-00087.1 Swain, D, Friend, M, Bishop-Hurley, G, Handcock, R & Wark, T 2011, 'Tracking livestock using global positioning systems: are we still lost?', Animal Production Science, vol. 51, pp. 167-175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AN10255 Freire, R, Swain, D & Friend, M 2012, 'Spatial distribution patterns of sheep following manipulation of feeding motivation and food availability', Animal: the international journal of animal biosciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731111002126 Patison, K, Swain, D, Bishop-Hurley, G, Robins, G, Pattison, P & Reid, D 2010, 'Changes in temporal and spatial associations between pairs of cattle during the process of familiarisation', Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 128, pp. 10-17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2010.10.001 Patison, K, Swain, D, Bishop-Hurley, G, Pattison, P & Robins, G 2010, 'Social companionship versus food: the effect of the presence of familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics on the distance steers travel', Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 122, pp. 13-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2009.11.001 Smith, L, Wells, K, Marion, G, Swain, D & Hutchings, M 2010, 'Effects of group composition on the grazing behaviour of herbivores', Animal Behaviour, vol. 80, pp. 527-534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.016 Zerger, A, Viscarra-Rossel, R, Swain, D, Wark, T, Handcock, R, Doerr, V, Bishop-Hurley, G, Doerr, E, Gibbons, P & Lobsey, C 2010, 'Environmental sensor networks for vegetation, animal and soil sciences', International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 12, pp. 303-316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2010.05.001 (viewed 15/3/11)