Cow Side Device for Sub-Clinical Ketosis

Cow Side Device for Sub-Clinical Ketosis

A new device invented by Professor Suresh Neethirajan will help cattle farmers looking for an efficient and reliable test for a disorder that affects roughly half of newly calved cows in Canada. Dr. Suresh developed the hand-held instrument, called a nano biosensor,...
Rapid Tool for Avian Flu

Rapid Tool for Avian Flu

Professor Suresh and his team devised a real-time way to analyze chickens and other farm birds for avian flu. The tool uses a small blood sample and relies on a simple chemical colour change to see not only whether a chicken has avian flu but also what viral strain is...
Happy Cow or Thinking Pig: WUR Wolf

Happy Cow or Thinking Pig: WUR Wolf

Dr. Suresh Neethirajan has developed an automated facial coding system for determining emotions of animals from images and videos of dairy cows and pigs. Harnessing the potential of machine learning, big data and sensors, the developed frameworks paves the way for...