Dr Jamie Barwick
Senior Lecturer , Precision Agriculture - Precision Agriculture Research Group (PARG); School of Environmental and Rural Science
Biography
Jamie is a Senior Lecturer in Precision Agriculture and is a member of the University of New England Precision Agriculture Research Group (UNE-PARG). His work as the UNE-PARG livestock researcher focuses on the use on-animal sensors (accelerometers, GNSS, IMUs) to investigate the spatio-temporal variability in extensive livestock systems to improve production and efficiency.
Jamie completed his PhD at the University of New England in 2017, under the supervision of Professor David Lamb, studying the application of an-animal motion sensors to detect sheep behaviour autonomously.
Since his involvement with UNE-PARG in 2011, Jamie’s research has involved GIS spatial applications across a number of farming industries nationally including sheep, beef, cotton and grains. His most recent work is investigating implantable sensors to individually identify livestock.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Rural Science (Honours), PhD
Awards
- AGSY300 Unit Commendation Award (2021)
- PA335 Unit Commendation Award (2021)
- SABL Deans Award for Early Career Research Excellence (2018)
- Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources – Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - A real-time gastrointestinal nematode monitoring system for sheep using on-animal behavioural and geolocation sensors (2017).
Teaching Areas
- PA335/435 Precision Agriculture
- AGSY300 Grazing Systems
- ANPR211 Animal Production Systems and Products
- RSNR120 Sustaining our Rural Environment 2
Primary Research Area/s
On-animals sensors; Precision Agriculture; Precision livestock managementResearch Interests
- Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information – 2 (ALSIP): Integrating spatial technologies in a mixed farming system to increase production efficiency of crop grazing.
- Farm Security and Acquisitive Crime: An evaluation of Ceres Tag for the interruption and reduction of livestock theft
- Testing Smart Tag Designs and Application Methods
- Validation & optimisation of the AWI SMART Tag for sheep behaviour & location prediction
- A real-time gastro intestinal nematode monitoring system for sheep using on-animal behavioural and geolocation sensors
- Testing of a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) in cattle
Research Supervision Experience
Honours
Sam Platts (2016) - Inferring grazing behaviour and pasture height using ear-attached tri-axial accelerometers in sheep
Kelly Gorter (2017) – Red meat yield mapping from GPS tracking data: a case study in sheep
PhD
Jane Lamb (2018-2021) – “Epidemiology of liver fluke in north-eastern NSW”
Paige Mathews (2017-2019) – “Alpacas as guardian animals”
Gamaliel Simanungkalit (2018-2022) – “Dynamics of supplement intake in grazing cattle”
Bobbie Emalie Lewis (2020-2022 – Adelaide University) - “Automatic detection of heat stress in sheep”
Publications
Lamb, J., Doyle, E., Barwick, J., Chambers, M. and Kahn, L. (2021) Macropods and Liver fluke: prevalence, diagnosis using cELISA and gross pathology. International journal of parasitology: parasites and wildlife
Simanungkalit, G., Barwick, J., Cowley, F., Dawson, B., Dobos, R. and Hegarty, R. (2021) Use of an ear-tag accelerometer and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system for monitoring the licking behaviour in grazing cattle. Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Simanungkalit, G., Cowley, F., Barwick, J., Clay, J., Dawson, B., Dobos, R. and Hegarty, R. (2021) Validation of automatic systems for monitoring licking behaviour and supplement intake in Angus and Brahman cattle. Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Lamb, J., Doyle, E., Barwick, J., Chambers, M. and Kahn, L. (2021) Kangaroos and liver fluke: the role played in cross-species transmission and drug resistance. Veterinary Parasitology
Simanungkalit, G., Bremner, G., Cowley, F., Barwick, J., Dawson, B., Dobos, R. and Hegarty, R. (2021) Automatic supplement weighing units for monitoring the time of accessing mineral block supplements by rangeland cattle in Northern Queensland, Australia. AgriEngineering 3(2)
Simanungkalit, G., Barwick, J., Cowley, F., Dobos, R. and Hegarty, R. (2021) A pilot study using accelerometers to characterise the licking behaviour of penned cattle at a mineral block supplement. Animals 11
Lamb, J., Doyle, E., Barwick, J., Chambers, M. and Kahn, L. (2021) Prevalaence and pathology of liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) in fallow deer (Dama dama). Veterinary Parasitology 293
Baida, B., Swinbourne, A., Barwick, J., Leu, S., van Wettere, W. (2021) Technologies for the automated collection of heat stress data in sheep. Animal Biotelemetry 9 (4)
Barwick, J., Lamb, D., Dobos, R., Schneider, D., Welch, M and Trotter, M. (2020) Identifying Sheep Activity from Tri-Axial Acceleration Signals Using a Moving Window Classification Model. Remote Sensing 12
Mathews, P., Barwick, J., Doughty, A., Doyle, E., Morton, C and Brown, W. (2020) Alpaca Field Behaviour When Cohabitating with Lambing Ewes. Animals 10 (9)
Clothier, J., Brown, W., Small, A., Hinch, G. and Barwick, J. (2019 Using Movement Sensors to Assess Lying Time in Horses With and Without Angular Limb Deformities. Journal of Equine Veterinary Sciences 75, 55-59.
Barwick, J., Lamb, D., Dobos, R., Welch, M and Trotter, M. (2018) Categorising sheep activity using a tri-axial accelerometer. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 145, 289-297.
Barwick, J., Lamb, D., Dobos, R., Schneider, D., Welch, M and Trotter, M. (2018) Predicting lameness in sheep activity using a tri-axial acceleration signals. Animals 8 (12)
Memberships
- International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) member
- Society of Precision Agriculture Australia (SPAA) - committee member
