Suresh Neethirajan, Dalhousie University

Research

precision livestock farming digital agriculture animal welfare decision support systems data-driven approach artificial intelligence livestock production animal welfare data platform (awdp)

Latest papers

Video-based cattle behaviour detection for digital twin development in precision dairy systems.
npj veterinary sciences · 2026 · senior author
Multimodal digital sensing of early-life laying hens: a pilot study integrating thermal, acoustic, optical-flow and environmental data.
Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026 · senior author
A longitudinal multimodal big data infrastructure for precision poultry monitoring.
Frontiers in big data · 2026 · senior author

All 15 publications

Latest funding

ESCAPE - Empowering Sustainable CAnadian Precision farming for animal wElfare
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$40,000

All 1 grants and awards

15 publications.

01

Video-based cattle behaviour detection for digital twin development in precision dairy systems.

Rao S, Garcia E, Neethirajan S

npj veterinary sciences2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s44433-026-00004-x PMID: 42006911

02

Multimodal digital sensing of early-life laying hens: a pilot study integrating thermal, acoustic, optical-flow and environmental data.

Dhaliwal Y, Essien D, Neethirajan S

Frontiers in veterinary science2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2026.1796102 PMID: 41948526

03

A longitudinal multimodal big data infrastructure for precision poultry monitoring.

Essien D, Dhaliwal Y, Neethirajan S

Frontiers in big data2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fdata.2026.1821612 PMID: 42199398

04

Dairy DigiD: a keypoint-based deep learning system for classifying dairy cattle by physiological and reproductive status.

Mahato S, Bi H, Neethirajan S

Frontiers in artificial intelligence2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/frai.2025.1545247 PMID: 40918586

05

Computational Architectures for Precision Dairy Nutrition Digital Twins: A Technical Review and Implementation Framework.

Rao S, Neethirajan S

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s25164899 PMID: 40871763

06

Socializing AI: Integrating Social Network Analysis and Deep Learning for Precision Dairy Cow Monitoring-A Critical Review.

Parivendan SC, Sailunaz K, Neethirajan S

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ani15131835 PMID: 40646734

07

Decoding Poultry Welfare from Sound-A Machine Learning Framework for Non-Invasive Acoustic Monitoring.

Manikandan V, Neethirajan S

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s25092912 PMID: 40363349

08

Safeguarding digital livestock farming - a comprehensive cybersecurity roadmap for dairy and poultry industries.

Neethirajan S

Frontiers in big data2025First author

DOI: 10.3389/fdata.2025.1556157 PMID: 40308334

09

AI-Powered Vocalization Analysis in Poultry: Systematic Review of Health, Behavior, and Welfare Monitoring.

Manikandan V, Neethirajan S

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s25134058 PMID: 40648313

10

Big data approaches to bovine bioacoustics: a FAIR-compliant dataset and scalable ML framework for precision livestock welfare.

Kate M, Neethirajan S

Frontiers in big data2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fdata.2025.1723155 PMID: 41624447

ESCAPE - Empowering Sustainable CAnadian Precision farming for animal wElfare

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Neethirajan, Suresh Raja

Keywords: precision livestock farming; digital agriculture; animal welfare; decision support systems; data-driven approach; artificial intelligence; livestock production; animal welfare data platform (awdp); sustainability indicators; computer vision

$40,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Stacey Scott

School of Computer Science

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: precision livestock farming Dear Professor Neethirajan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Video-based cattle behaviour detection for digital twin development in precision dairy systems." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "ESCAPE - Empowering Sustainable CAnadian Precision farming for animal wElfare" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]