Dr. agr. Christian Nawroth
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Working group Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Working group Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Research interests
I am interested in how animals perceive and interact with their physical and social environment. In particular, my research focuses on the cognitive capacities of farm (goats, horses, pigs, sheep) and zoo animals (great apes, penguins) and how this knowledge can ultimately be used to improve their management conditions and human-animal interactions.
- Animal Cognition
- Human-Animal Interactions
- Animal Welfare Science
- Animal Ethics
Curriculum Vitae
- 2017-present: Post Doc, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf
- 2015-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen Mary University London
- 2010-2015: Doctoral student, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg; Doctoral thesis 'Farm Animal Cognition - Physico- and Socio-cognitive Capabilities of Ungulate Livestock.'
- 2009: Diploma in Biology, University of Würzburg
Publications
Nawroth, C.; Rosenberger, K.; Keil, N.; Langbein, J. (2022):
Goats (Capra hircus) From Different Selection Lines Differ in Their Behavioural Flexibility. Front Psychol 12: 796464, 1-7
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.796464
Rosenberger, K.; Simmler, M.; Langbein, J.; Keil, N.; Nawroth, C. (2021):
Performance of goats in a detour and problem-solvins test following long-term cognitive test exposure. Roy Soc Open Sci 8 (10): 210656, 1-15
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210656
Nawroth, C.; Rosenberger, K.; Keil, N.; Langbein, J. (2021):
Untersuchungen zum sozialen Lernen bei Ziegen – erste Ergebnisse. KTBL-Schrift 523: 261-263
Rosenberger, K.; Simmler, M.; Langbein, J.; Keil, N.; Nawroth, C. (2021):
Auswirkungen langfristiger kognitiver Stimulation auf das spätere Verhalten von Ziegen in einem räumlichen und einem instrumentellen Kognitionstest. KTBL-Schrift 523: 69-71
Rorvang, M. V.; Ničová, K.; Sassner, H.; Nawroth, C. (2021):
Horses’ (Equus caballus) Ability to Solve Visible but Not Invisible Displacement Tasks Is Associated With Frustration Behavior and Heart Rate. Front Behav Neurosci 15: 792035, 1-13
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.792035
Nawroth, C.; Baciadonna, L.; Emery, N. J. (2021):
Humans in an Animal’s World – How Non-Human Animals Perceive and Interact with Humans Frontiers Media SA, Lausanne (978-2-88971-511-4): 1-229
Brecht, K.; Legg, E.; Nawroth, C.; Fraser, H.; Ostojić, L. (2021):
The status and value of replications in animal behavior science. Animal Behavior and Cognition 8 (2): 97-106
https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.08.02.01.2021
Nawroth, C.; Baciadonna, L.; Emery, N. J. (2021):
Editorial: Humans in an Animal’s World – How Non-human Animals Perceive and Interact with Humans. Front Psychol 12: 733430, 1-4
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733430
Krause, A.; Nawroth, C. (2021):
Animal Emotions - Do Animals Feel as We Do?. Frontiers for Young Minds 9: 622811, 1-7
https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2021.622811
Nawroth, C.; Gygax, L. (2021):
The Legislative, Ethical, and Conceptual Importance of Replicability in Farm Animal Welfare Science. Animal Behavior and Cognition 8 (2): 247-250
https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.08.02.11.2021
Rorvang, M.; Nawroth, C. (2021):
Advances in understanding cognition and learning in cattle. In: Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle. (Endres, Marcia, University of Minnesota, USA, Hrsg.) Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing , Cambridge (978-1-78676-459-1): 17-36
Raoult, C. M. C.; Osthaus, B.; Hildebrand, A. C. G.; McElligott, A. G.; Nawroth, C. (2021):
Goats show higher behavioural flexibility than sheep in a spatial detour task. Roy Soc Open Sci 8 (3): 201627, 1-9
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201627
Düpjan, S.; Krause, A.; Moscovice, L. R.; Nawroth, C. (2020):
Emotional contagion and its implications for animal welfare. CAB Reviews 15: 046, 1-6
https://doi.org/10.1079/PAVSNNR202015046
Rosenberger, K.; Simmler, M.; Nawroth, C.; Langbein, J.; Keil, N. (2020):
Goats work for food in a contrafreeloading task. Sci Rep-UK 10: 22336, 1-12
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78931-w
Nawroth, C.; Rosenberger, K.; Keil, N.; Langbein, J. (2020):
Das Zuchtziel beeinflusst die Verhaltensflexibilität, aber nicht die Interpretation von physikalischen und sozialen Hinweisen bei Ziegen.
Vortrag anlässlich der 52. Internationalen Tagung Angewandte Ethologie der Deutschen Veterinärmedizinischen Ges. In: Aktuelle Arbeiten zur artgemäßen Tierhaltung 2020 (KTBL-Schrift , 520) KTBL, Darmstadt (978-3-945088-78-4): 109-120
Zobel, G.; Nawroth, C. (2020):
Current state of knowledge on the cognitive capacities of goats and its potential to inform species-specific enrichment. Small Ruminant Res 192 (11): 106208, 1-8
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106208
Nawroth, C.; Martin, Z.; McElligott, A. G. (2020):
Goats follow human pointing gestures in an object choice task. Front Psychol 11: 915,1-6
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00915
Mastellone, V.; Scandurra, A.; D Aniello, B.; Nawroth, C.; Saggese, F.; Silvestre, P.; Lombardi, P. (2020):
Long-term socialization with humans affects human-directed behavior in goats. Animals-Basel 10 (5): 578, 1-9
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10040578
Schrimpf, A.; Single, M.S.; Nawroth, C. (2020):
Social referencing in the domestic horse. Animals-Basel 10: 164, 1-14
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10010164