Emer. Prof. Thakshala Seresinhe

Emer. Prof. Thakshala Seresinhe

Professor Emeritus
Department of Animal Science,
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna,
Mapalana, Kamburupitiya,
Sri Lanka 81100
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Research Interests
Animal Nutrition Livestock and Poultry Production Alternative Feed Formulation Forage Utilization Ruminant Feeds

Biography

Prof. Thakshala Seresinhe is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Animal Science. Her research primarily focuses on animal nutrition, livestock and poultry production, the utilization of forage, and alternative feed formulation aiming for sustainable and climate-resilient food systems.

Journal Publications

Total: 36
01
Priyashantha, H., Seresinhe, T., Pathirana, I., Gunawardana, G., Silva, G. L. L. P., Arachchi, A. E., Jayarathna, S., & Vidanarachchi, J. K. (2025). Livestock and poultry production in Sri Lanka: challenges and strategies for climate-resilient food security. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9.
02
Law, S., Valentine, C., Kahlon, Y., Seresinhe, C. I., Tang, J., Morad, M. G., & Fujii, H. (2025). Generative AI for Architectural Façade Design: Measuring Perceptual Alignment across Geographical, Objective, and Affective Descriptors. Buildings, 15(17), 3212.
03
Law, S., & Illushka Seresinhe, C. (2025). The Intangible Value of Street-Level Urban Design using a Machine Learning Approach: Urban Beauty, Active Frontage and Street Greenery. Elsevier BV.
04
Seresinhe, T., Sujani, S., & Pathirana, I. (2023). Exogenous Fibrolytic Enzymes: For the Better Utilization of Guinea Grass and Rice Straw as Ruminant Feeds. Exogenous Enzymes as Feed Additives in Ruminants, 63-76.
05
Marapana, R. A. U. J., Weerasinghe, W. M. P. B., Senanayake, G. S. A., Perera, P. R. D., Seresinhe, T. R., Ranasinghe, R. A. S. N., & Marapana, R. A. A. P. (2023). Conversion of energy and protein rich food waste as an alternative feed ingredient in broiler feed formulation. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 55(2).
06
Jothirathna, H. H., Seresinhe, T., Manawadu, A., Weerasinghe, P., & Mahipala, K. (2022). Forage growth, yield, and quality responses of two hybrids of Napier and sorghum at three cutting intervals in the southern province of Sri Lanka. Die Bodenkultur: Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment, 73(1), 1-11.
07
Seresinhe, T. (2021). The significance of livestock as a contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions today and in the near future. Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension, 24(4), 244.
08
Seresinhe, T. R., Weerasinghe, P. B., Sanjeewa, J., Harindrika, H., Manawadu, A., Mahipla, K., & Iben, C. (2020). Evaluation of silages of hybrids of napier grass and sorghum in the low country wet zone of Sri Lanka. Die Bodenkultur: Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment, 71(1), 11-18.
09
Seresinhe, C. I., Preis, T., MacKerron, G., & Moat, H. S. (2019). Happiness is Greater in More Scenic Locations. Scientific Reports, 9(1).
10
Hills, T., Sgroi, D., Seresinhe, C., & Proto, E. (2019). What makes us happy? We analysed 200 years of written text to find the answer. The Conversation.
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Hills, T. T., Proto, E., Sgroi, D., & Seresinhe, C. I. (2019). Author Correction: Historical analysis of national subjective wellbeing using millions of digitized books. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(12), 1343-1343.
12
Chathurika, S., Sujani, S., Manawadu, A., & Seresinhe, T. (2019). Enhance in-vitro rumen fermentation of Panicum maximum with biological supplements. Jurnal Ilmu Ternak dan Veteriner, 24(2), 68-72.
13
Seresinhe, R., Lawson, C., & Madani, I. (2018). Improving the operating efficiency of the more electric aircraft concept through optimised flight procedures. CEAS Aeronautical Journal, 10(2), 463-478.
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Law, S., Seresinhe, C. I., Shen, Y., & Gutierrez-Roig, M. (2018). Street-Frontage-Net: urban image classification using deep convolutional neural networks. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 34(4), 681-707.
15
Seresinhe, R. T., Sujani, S., Pathirana, I. N., & Gajaweera, C. J. (2017). Cellulase Enzyme Enhanced the Diet Digestibility and Growth Performance of Ewes. Asian Journal of Animal Sciences, 11(4), 171-176.
16
Seresinhe, C. I., Preis, T., & Moat, H. S. (2017). Using deep learning to quantify the beauty of outdoor places. Royal Society Open Science, 4(7), 170170.
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Seresinhe, C. I., Moat, H. S., & Preis, T. (2017). Quantifying scenic areas using crowdsourced data. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 45(3), 567-582.
18
SUJANI, S., PIYASENA, T., SERESINHE, T., PATHIRANA, I., & GAJAWEERA, C. (2017). Supplementation of rice straw (Oryza sativa) with exogenous fibrolyticenzymes improves in vitro rumen fermentation characteristics. TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES, 41, 25-29.
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Seresinhe, C. I., Preis, T., & Moat, H. S. (2016). Quantifying the link between art and property prices in urban neighbourhoods. Royal Society Open Science, 3(4), 160146.
20
Lawson, C., & Seresinhe, R. (2016). Impact of Airframe Systems on Green Airliner Operation. Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, 1-12.
21
Sujani, S., & Seresinhe, R. (2015). Exogenous Enzymes in Ruminant Nutrition: A Review. Asian Journal of Animal Sciences, 9(3), 85-99.
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Seresinhe, C. I., Preis, T., & Moat, H. S. (2015). Quantifying the Impact of Scenic Environments on Health. Scientific Reports, 5(1).
23
Lawson, C., Madani, I., Seresinhe, R., & Nalianda, D. K. (2015). Trajectory Optimization of Airliners to Minimize Environmental Impact. SAE Technical Paper Series, 1.
24
Seresinhe, R., & Lawson, C. (2014). Electrical load-sizing methodology to aid conceptual and preliminary design of large commercial aircraft. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 229(3), 445-466.
25
Seresinhe, R., Lawson, C., & Sabatini, R. (2013). Environmental Impact Assessment, on the Operation of Conventional and More Electric Large Commercial Aircraft. SAE International Journal of Aerospace, 06(1), 56-64.
26
De Silva, G., Marapana, U., Kalubowila, A., Lalantha, N., & Seresinhe, T. (2013). Quality Changes of Burger from Vegetable, Wheat Flour, Rice Flour with Fat Emulsion during Frozen Storage. Journal of Food Science and Technology Nepal, 6, 65-68.
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Seresinhe, T., Madushika, S. A. C., Seresinhe, Y., & Lal, P. K. (2012). Effects of Tropical High Tannin Non Legume and Low Tannin Legume Browse Mixtures on Fermentation Parameters and Methanogenesis using Gas Production Technique. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 25(10), 1404-1410.
28
Silva, P. D., Weerasingh, W., & Seresinhe, T. (2011). Socio-demographic Determinants of Perceived Influences on Household Food Choice in Galle, Kalutara, Matara and Moneragala Districts. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 8(3), 142-145.
29
Seresinhe, T., & Pathirana, K. K. (2009). Effect of feeding rice straw and supplements on the performance of cattle under small farmer conditions. Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension, 9(0), 131.
30
Seresinhe, T., & Pathirana, K. (2007). Effect of season and supplementation on the utilization of natural herbage by grazing calves in the wet-intermediate zone of Sri Lanka. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 6(sup2), 516-519.
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Seresinhe, T., Pathirana, K. K., & Jayasuriya, M. C. N. (2004). Urinary Excretion of Purine Derivatives as an Indicator of Microbial Protein Supply in Sri Lankan Local Zebu Cattle and Crossbred Milking Cows. Estimation of Microbial Protein Supply in Ruminants Using Urinary Purine Derivatives, 95-102.
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Seresinhe, T., & Pathirana, K. K. (2003). Forage tannins in ruminant nutrition. Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension, 6(0), 29.
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Seresinhe, T., & Iben, C. (2003). In vitro quality assessment of two tropical shrub legumes in relation to their extractable tannins contents. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 87(3-4), 109-115.
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Seresinhe, T., Hartwig, U. A., Kessler, W., & Nosberger, J. (1994). Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation of White Clover in a Mixed Sward is not Limited by Height of Repeated Cutting. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 172(4), 279-288.
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Seresinhe, P. S. J. W., & Oertli, J. J. (1991). Effects of boron on growth of tomato cell suspensions. Physiologia Plantarum, 81(1), 31-36.
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Oertli, J., Seresinhe, P., & Ruh, R. (1990). THE INFLUENCE OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF TOMATO PLANTS ON THE WATER USE EFFICIENCY. Acta Horticulturae(278), 227-236.

Conference Publications

Total: 11
01
Law, S., Shen, Y., & Seresinhe, C. (2017). An application of convolutional neural network in street image classification. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning for Geographic Knowledge Discovery, 5-9.
02
Seresinhe, T., & Sujani, I. W. (2016). Productivity Enhancement in a Cattle-Coconut Integrated System-Implications for Environmental Sustainability. Proceedings of International Seminar on Livestock Production and Veterinary Technology, 127-131.
03
Premathilaka, S., Seresinhe, T., & Gajaweera, C. (2016). Socio-economic Characteristics of Small Scale Buffalo Farms in Tanamalwila Area in Moneragala District of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of International Seminar on Livestock Production and Veterinary Technology, 198-203.
04
Kanakkahewage, M., Jasinghe, O., Sujani, S., & Seresinhe, T. (2016). Effect of Supplementation of Different Concentrate Rations on Weight Gain, Milk Yield, and Composition of Cross Bred Buffalo Cows. Proceedings of International Seminar on Livestock Production and Veterinary Technology, 122-126.
05
Seresinhe, Y. J. D. J. W., Seresinhe, T., & Pathirana, K. K. (2013). TANNINS IN SOME AGRO FORESTRY SPECIES OF LOCAL INTEREST. Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium, 0(0).
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Seresinhe, T., Iben, C., & Pathirana, K. (2013). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONDENSED TANNINS AND DRY MATTER DEGRADABILITY OF TWO TROPICAL FODDER LEGUMES. Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium, 0(0).
07
Priyadarshani, S. H. R., & Seresinhe, T. (2013). IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL CHARACTERISTICS UNDER CROP-STOCK INTEGRATION. Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium, 0(0).
08
Kumanayaka, L., Seresinhe, T., Liyanage, M. D. S., & Pathirana, I. (2013). Species diversity and forage value of herbage in a neglected coconut land proposed for livestock integration. Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium, 0(0).
09
Piyadigama, B., Kumanayaka, L., Seresinhe, R. T., & De S Liyanage, M. (2012). Herbage Quality and Animal Performance in a Coconut Cattle Inte grated System. Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium, 12(0).
10
Gajaweera, C., Weerasinghe, B., & Seresinhe, T. (2011). Preliminary study on the adaptation of wild Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) to different agro-climatic regions in Hambanthota District. Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium, 16(0).
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Gajaweera, C. J., Liyanage, A., & Seresinhe, T. (2011). Effect of sward type and level of light on the agronomic performance and nutritive value of Panicum maximum var. Trichoglume and Stylosanthes humilis. Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium, 16(0).