HELLO, I'M KATRINA!
ABOUT ME
Since a very young age, my greatest interest was the animal kingdom. In particular, I always wanted to understand how animals think, what they feel and how they communicate and express these feelings inter- and intraspecifically. To measure the well-being of animals, we need valid indicators that tell us about their physical and mental health, as well as an understanding of how they perceive their environment. With my research I want to contribute to this understanding and share the findings with as many people as possible, hoping to increase empathy towards farm animals in the future.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
September 2017 – January 2021
PHD CANDIDATE
University of Bern and Centre for Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs, Agroscope Tänikon, Switzerland
PhD project: Effects of long-term cognitive training on behaviour and welfare of goats.
October 2018- November 2019
VISITING RESEARCHER
Institute of Behavioural Physiology, Leibniz Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
data collection for PhD project on goat cognition and welfare
March-November 2015
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
UBC Dairy Research & Education Center, B.C., Canada
data collection on calf feeding for MSc thesis
assistance in research projects on calf personality
assistance during milking
feeding of calves
September 2013-June 2016
MSC STUDENT
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
MSc project: Effect of milk allowance on behaviour, growth and welfare of dairy calves.
June-August 2013
STUDENT ASSISTANT
Sea Turtle Protection & Research Project, Fethiye, Turkey
monitoring of beaches
triangulation and protection of nests
tagging of adult turtles
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BIOLOGY (MAJOR: ZOOLOGY)
University of Vienna, Austria
MASTER OF SCIENCE
HUMAN-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS
University of Veterinary Science, Vienna, Austria
PH.D.
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS
2022
Rosenberger, K., Simmler, M., Nawroth, C., Langbein, J., Keil, N.
PeerJ 10:e12893 DOI 10.7717/peerj.12893
2021
Rosenberger, K., Simmler, M., Langbein, J., Keil, N., Nawroth, C.
Royal Society Open Science, 8: 210656. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210656
2020
Rosenberger, K., Simmler, M., Nawroth, C., Langbein, J., Keil, N.
Scientific Reports 10, 22336. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78931-w
2020
Rasmussen JH, Rosenberger K, Langbein J.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 20(00), 1–10.
2017
Rosenberger, K., Costa, J. H. C., Neave, H. W., Von Keyserlingk, M. A. G., & Weary, D. M.
Journal of Dairy Science, 100(1), 504-512.
CONFERENCES
Posters and Talks
25.-26.3.2021
COGNITIVE TESTING AS ENRICHMENT FOR FARM ANIMALS. ASSESSMENT OF WELFARE OUTCOMES AND THEIR RELEVANCE FOR HOUSING
Symposium “Farm animal cognition and its implementation into animal husbandry and management” by FBN Dummerstorf and Agroscope Tänikon, virtual
25.2.2021
ZIEGENVERHALTEN/-FÄHIGKEITEN UND BEDEUTUNG FÜR DIE HALTUNG
Fachinformationskreis für ZiegenhalterInnen by Ziegen- und Schafzuchtverband Nö, virtual
26.-27.1.2021
CONTRAFREELOADING IN GOATS
Animal behaviour Twitter conference 2021 by ASAB and ASB, virtual
26.-27.11.2020
CONTRAFRELOADING IN DWARF AND DAIRY GOATS USING ITEM RESPONSE TREE ANALYSIS
52nd International Meeting Applied Ethology, virtual
30.-31.6.2020
EASIERR: AN OPEN-ACCESS SOFTWARE FOR HRV-ANALYSIS AND ARTEFACT PROCESSING IN NON-RESTRAINED ANIMALS
Virtual UFAW conference – “Recent advances in animal welfare science VII”
28.-30.11.2019
EASIERR-OPEN-ACCESS SOFTWARE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY
51st International Meeting Applied Ethology, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
5.-9.8.2019
DAIRY AND DWARF GOATS DIFFER IN THEIR PREFERENCE FOR FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR HUMANS
53rd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE), Bergen, Norway
6.-8.2.2019
ONE TASK TO TEST THEM ALL? PERFORMANCE OF GOATS OF DIFFERENT SELECTION LINES IN AN INSTRUMENTAL PROBLEM-SOLVING TASK.
14th Annual Meeting of the Ethological Society, Hannover, Germany
22.-24.11.2018
BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES OF DWARF AND DAIRY GOATS IN A NOVEL ARENA UND NOVEL OBJECT TEST.
50th International Meeting on Applied Ethology, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
5.-8.9.2018
DIFFERENT SELECTION AIMS AFFECTED GOAT BEHAVIOUR IN STANDARDIZED BEHAVIOURAL TESTS.
5th European student Conference on Behaviour & Cognition (ESCBC), University of Vienna, Austria
11.-12.6.2018
BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOAT BREEDS SELECTED FOR INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE USE IN STANDARDIZED BEHAVIOURAL TESTS.
The Joint East and West Central Europe, ISAE Regional Meeting, Warsaw, Poland; “Animal preferences and animal welfare”
23.-25.11.2017
EFFECT OF LONG-TERM COGNITIVE TRAINING ON LIVESTOCK WELFARE AND HUSBANDRY.
49th International Meeting on Applied Ethology Freiburg i. Br., Germany
MEDIA COVERAGE
News, Internet, TV
2021
Goats aren't as lazy as they seem in "MailOnline"
Ziegen schätzen offenbar eine Herausforderung in "DerStandard"
Ziegen stellen sich gerne Herausforderungen in "BauernZeitung"
Die Lernfähigkeit von Ziegen erforscht in "Die Elgger/Aadorfer Zeitung"
2018
Hütchenspiele mit Ziegen in "Tierwelt"
Bin ich zickig? in "Schweizer Familie"
2017
SRF Schweiz Aktuell
COURSES AND TRAININGS
STRESS AND THE ANIMAL IN FRONT OF YOU
Leitung: Kristina Spaulding, PhD, CAAB
Veranstalter: IAABC Online-Kurs
Okt-Nov 2020
TRAINING FüR DAS TIERWOHL
Leitung: Andrea Campa
Veranstalter: SUST Akademie
Februar 2020
3rd RESEARCH TRAINING SEMINAR DENMARK
Veranstalter: Practical Animal Welfare Science by AnimalConcepts
April 2020
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AND WELFARE
Online-Kurs der Universität Edinburgh (Schottland)
September-November 2019
Leitung: Professor Nat Waran, Dr Fritha Langford, Dr Heather Bacon, Miss Hayley Walters, RVN & Dr Jill MacKay
HEART RATE VARIABILITY – Application and Evaluation
Dresden (Deutschland), Juni 2019
Leitung: Prof. Dr. John Sollers III (North Carolina Central University Durham, N.C.), im Zuge der 45. Jahrestagung Psychologie & Gehirn, Dresden
Grants
UFAW - Small Project and Travel Awards
Qualitative and quantitative assessment of goat behaviour during personality tests
2019
