
Dr. Suresh Neethirajan: AI Tools for Poultry Welfare | Ep. 189
About this episode
In this episode of The Poultry Podcast Show, Dr. Suresh Neethirajan, Professor and Research Chair at Dalhousie University, explains how digital livestock farming is reshaping poultry production. He discusses artificial intelligence, sensor systems, poultry bioacoustics, and digital twin models to improve welfare, sustainability, and farm efficiency. Dr. Neethirajan highlights predictive tools that support early health detection and smarter decisions in commercial poultry systems. Listen now on all major platforms!
“Digital poultry systems use artificial intelligence and sensors to detect subtle behavioral and physiological changes that humans cannot consistently observe at a commercial scale.”
Meet the guest: Dr. Suresh Neethirajan is a Professor and Dalhousie University Research Chair in Digital Livestock Farming, jointly appointed in Computer Science and Agriculture at Dalhousie University. His work integrates artificial intelligence, sensor technologies, and behavioral science to improve poultry health, welfare, and productivity.
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What you will learn:
- (00:00) Highlight
- (01:15) Introduction
- (03:32) Digital farming goals
- (04:38) Sensor data systems
- (09:22) Decision-making tools
- (11:24) Poultry bioacoustics
- (15:43) Voice translation
- (37:24) Final Questions
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