2022:
Stenfelt, J., Yngvesson, J., Blokhuis, H., Rørvang, M. V., Dairy cows did not rely on social learning mechanisms when solving a spatial detour task. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Sec Animal Behaviour and Welfare. 9:956559. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.956559
Nawroth, C., Rørvang, M. V., Opportunities (and challenges) in dairy cattle cognition research: A key area needed to design future high welfare housing systems. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 256: 105727. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105727.
Bergevoet, R. H. M., Marcato, F., van Reenen, C. G., van Wangenberg, C. P. A., Cozzi, G., Lora, I., Texeiria, D., Rørvang, M. V., Marti, S., Velarde, A., Study on shifting from transport of unweaned male dairy calves over long distance to local rearing and fattening: Executive summaries English–Français-Deutsch. European Commission 2022/5/17.
Stenfelt, J., Yngvesson, J., Rørvang, M. V., A calm companion lowers fear in groups of dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 105: 6923-6935. doi: 10.3168/jds.2022-21796
Rørvang, M. V., Nicova, K., Yngvesson, J., 2022. Horse odor exploration behavior is influenced by pregnancy and age. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16:941517. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.941517
2021:
Rørvang, M. V., Nicova, 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. Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience, 15:792035. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.792035.
Rørvang, M. V., Nawroth, C., CH02 – Advances in understanding cognition and learning in cattle. In: Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle (ed. Prof Marcia Endres). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. Link: https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/3-190-89134
2020:
Christensen, J. W., Munk, R., Hawson, L., Palme, R., Larsen, T., Egenvall, A., König von Borstel, U. U., Rørvang, M. V., Rider effects on horses’ conflict behaviour, rein tension, physiological measures and rideability scores. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 234, 105184. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159120302720
Rørvang, M. V., Nielsen, B. L., McLean, A. N., Sensory Abilities of Horses and Their Importance for Equitation Science. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7:633. Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.00633/full
Rørvang, M. V., Nielsen, T. B., Christensen, J. W., Horses failed to learn from humans by observation. Animals, 10(2), 221, doi: 10.3390/ani10020221.
2019:
Jensen, M. B., Herskin, M. S., Rørvang, M. V., Secluded maternity areas for parturient dairy cows offer protection from herd members. Journal of Dairy Science, 102: 5492-5500, doi: https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-15893
2018:
Rørvang M. V., Christensen, J. W., Attenuation of fear through social transmission in groups of young horses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 209: 41-46, doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2018.10.003.
Rørvang, M. V., Hinrichsen, L. K., Riber, A. B., Welfare of Danish layers in furnished cages. British Poultry Science, doi: 10.1080/00071668.2018.1533632.
Rørvang, M. V., Christensen, J. W., Ladewig, J., McLean, A., Social learning in horses -fact or fiction? Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Animal Behavior and Welfare, (Special topic: Advances and perspectives in farm animal learning and cognition), vol 5 article 212. Doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00212.
Jensen, M. B., Rørvang, M. V., The degree of visual cover and location of birth fluids affect dairy cows’ choice of calving site. Journal of Dairy Science, 101: 9483-9492. Doi: 10.3168/jds.2018-14724.
Rørvang, M. V., Nielsen, B. L., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B., Pre-partum maternal behavior of domesticated cattle: a comparison with managed, feral, and wild ungulates. Frontiers in Veterinary Science vol 5 article 45. Open access.
Rørvang, M. V., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B., The motivation-based calving facility: Social and cognitive factors influence isolation seeking behaviour of Holstein dairy cows at calving. PLOS One 13(1). e0191128. Open access
2017:
Rørvang, M. V., Jensen, M. B., Nielsen, B. L., Development of test for determining olfactory investigation of complex odours in cattle. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 196: 84-90. Link via Science Direct
Rørvang, M. V., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B., Cows with prolonged calving seek additional isolation. Journal of Dairy Science 100: 2967-2975. Link via Science Direct
Rørvang, M. V., Nielsen, B. L., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B., Short communication: Calving site selection of multiparous, group-housed dairy cows is influenced by site of a previous calving. Journal of Dairy Science 100: 1467-1471. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-11681
2015:
Rørvang, M. V., Ahrendt, L. P., Christensen, J. W., A trained demonstrator has a calming effect on naïve horses when crossing a novel surface. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 171: 117-120. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2015.08.008
Rørvang, M. V., Ahrendt, L.P., Christensen, J.W., 2015. Horses fail to use social learning when solving spatial detour tasks. Animal Cognition 18: 847-854. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-015-0852-6
Conference abstracts:
Stenfelt, J., Yngvesson, J., Rørvang, M. V., Dairy cows did not rely on social learning when solving a spatial detour task. Nordic ISAE Winter Meeting, 26-28 January 2022, Uppsala, Sweden.
Stenfelt, J., Yngvesson, J., Rørvang, M. V., A calm companion lowers fear in groups of dairy cows. Nordic ISAE Winter Meeting, 26-28 January 2022, Uppsala, Sweden.
Nicova, K., Yngvesson, J., Rørvang, M. V., The effect of age and pregnancy on olfactory interest in horses. 17th International Equitation Science Conference, 20-22 October 2021, Hartpury, England (online)
Rørvang, M. V., Sassner, H., Nawroth, C., Nicova, K., Horses’ ability to solve transposition tasks. 17th International Equitation Science Conference, 20-22 October 2021, Hartpury, England (online)
Plenary presentation: Rørvang, M. V., Nawroth, C., Assessing cognition in cattle – challenge and possibility? 54th ISAE conference, 2-6 August 2021, Bangalore, India (online)
Rørvang, M. V., Nielsen, B. L., McLean, N. A., Sensory abilities of horses. Graduate meeting, Animal Behaviour, of the Ethologische Gesellschaft
and the Animal Behaviour Section of the German Zoological Society (DZG), 23-25 October 2019, Plön, Germany.
Ehrenkrona, W., Rørvang, M. V., Yngvesson, J., Do growing pigs build sleeping nests? Graduate meeting, Animal Behaviour, of the Ethologische Gesellschaft
and the Animal Behaviour Section of the German Zoological Society (DZG), 23-25 October 2019, Plön, Germany.
Rørvang, M. V., Nielsen, B. L., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B., 2019. What can we learn from studying the motivation underlying maternal behaviour of cattle? Work Shop abstract (accepted for oral presentation at conference work shop), 53rd ISAE conference, 5-9 august 2019, Bergen Norway.
Rørvang, M. V., Christensen, J. W., Ladewig, J., McLean, A., 2019. Can horses watch and learn? – the good, the bad, and the not so ugly evidence of social transmission in horses. Abstract (accepted for oral presentation), 53rd ISAE conference, 5-9 august 2019, Bergen Norway.
Rørvang, M. V., Nielsen, B. L., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B., 2019. Understanding maternal behaviour of cattle to optimize calving management and ensure animal welfare. Abstract (accepted for poster presentation), 70th annual EAAP conference, 26-30 august 2019, Ghent, Belgium.
Rørvang, M. V., Christensen, J. W., Ladewig, J., McLean, A., 2018. Social learning in horses – the importance of seeking the simplest explanation. Abstract (accepted for oral presentation), 14th ISES conference, 21-24 september 2018, Rome, Italy.
Rørvang, M. V., Nielsen, B. L., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B., 2018. Seek and hide: Understanding pre-partum behavior of cattle by use of inter-species comparison. Abstract (accepted for key-note presentation), 52nd ISAE conference, 30 July – 03 August 2018, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Jensen, M. B., Rørvang, M. V., 2018. Individual maternity pens offer protection from disturbance by alien cows. Abstract (accepted for poster presentation), 52nd ISAE conference, 30 July – 03 August 2018, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Rørvang, M. V., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B., 2017. The motivation-based calving facility. Abstract (accepted for poster presentation), 7th WAFL conference, 5-8 September 2017, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Rørvang, M. V., Jensen, M. B., Nielsen, B. L., 2017. Olfactory enrichment for cattle? Development of tests for determining olfactory investigation of complex odours in cattle. Abstract (accepted for oral presentation), 51st ISAE conference, 7-10 August, Aarhus, Denmark.
Rørvang, M. V., Herskin, M. S., Jensen, M. B. May calving site selection of multiparous group-housed dairy cows be influenced by the presence of amniotic fluids? Abstract (accepted for poster presentation), 50th ISAE conference, 12-16 July, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Rørvang, M. V., Jensen, M. B., 2016. The effect of choice of individual calving pen design on progress of calving in multi-parous dairy cows. Abstract Nordic ISAE Symposium (accepted for presentation), January 20-22, 2016, Denmark. Link
Rørvang, M.V., Brummerstedt, M.S., Does captive wolf behaviour resemble wild wolf behaviour? – A pilot study of captive grey wolves (Canis lupus). Abstract, LCC 1st conference, September 14th – 22nd, 2014, Belarus
Rørvang, M.V., Ahrendt, L.P., Christensen, J.W., Social learning in young Icelandic horses. Abstract ISES 10th conference, August 6th -9th, 2014, Denmark Proceedings
Rørvang, M.V., Ahrendt, L.P., Christensen, J.W., Do habituated demonstrators affect the likelihood of horses crossing a novel surface? Abstract ISES 10th conference, August 6th -9th, 2014, Denmark Proceedings
National Publications (Danish or Swedish): (see Media)
Rørvang M. V., Original (Swedish) title: Kon vill helst kalva i ensambox. Husdjur 6-7, June 2018.
Rørvang M. V., Søndergaard, S. L., What are cows able to smell and how do we test it? Original (Danish) title: Hvad kan køer lugte og hvordan undersøger vi det? Ny Kvægforskning, December 2017. Link to article
Rørvang, M. V., Cows with prolonged calving prefer extra isolation. Original (Danish) title: ‘Køer med langvarige kælvninger foretrækker ekstra isolation’. Ny Kvægforskning, April 2017. Link to the article
Rørvang, M. V., New housing concept assists the calving dairy cows. Original (Danish) title: ‘Nyt staldkoncept giver køerne fødselshjælp’. Ny Kvægforskning nr.: 5, 15. årgang, November 2013. nykvaegforskning-_november_2015
Rørvang, M.V., Hansen, S.W., Effects of nest box size and elevated resting place during lactation in farmed mink, Mustala vision. Original (Danish) title: ”Betydningen af redekassens størrelse samt adgang til topbur med hylde gennem diegivningsperioden”, DCA report nr.: 028, September 2013, Link
Rørvang, M.V., Hierarchy development and stability in two newly established groups of young Icelandic horses. Original (Danish) title: ”Hierarki bestemmelse og stabilitet i en nyetableret gruppe unge islandske heste”, the magazine “Tölt” published by the Danish Association of Icelandic Horses, nr.: 3, April 2013
Rørvang, M.V., Social learning in young Icelandic horses. Dansih title: ”Social indlæring hos unge islandske heste”, the magazine “Tölt” published by the Danish Association of Icelandic Horses, nr.: 5, June 2014
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