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Employment (3)

Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office: Bern, Ettenhausen, CH

2020-12-01 to present | Research Associate (Centre for Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs)
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Christina Rufener

UC Davis: Davis, CA, US

2019-01-01 to 2020-10 | Postdoctoral Scholar (Department of Animal Science)
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Christina Rufener

University of Bern: Bern, CH

2015-01-07 to 2018-07-31 | PhD student (Animal Welfare Division)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Bern: Bern, CH

2015-06-01 to 2018-07-31 | PhD (Animal Welfare Division)
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Christina Rufener

ETH Zurich: Zurich, CH

2012 to 2015 | MSc (Institute of Agricultural Sciences)
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Professional activities (3)

World Poultry Science Association: Zollikofen, CH

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Christina Rufener

Internationale Gesellschaft fuer Nutztierhaltung: Muenchen, DE

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Christina Rufener

International Society for Applied Ethology: Penicuik, GB

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Works (17)

Effects of pullet housing on bone development in aviary-housed Dekalb White hens

Poultry Science
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Maja M. Makagon; Allison N. Pullin; Christina B. Rufener; John Tarlton; Michael Toscano; Richard A. Blatchford
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Dam–calf contact rearing in Switzerland: Aspects of management and milking

Journal of Dairy Science
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: J. Rell; C. Nanchen; P. Savary; C. Buchli; C. Rufener
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Fully flexible analysis of behavioural sequences based on parametric survival models with frailties—A tutorial

Ethology
2022-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Lorenz Gygax; Yvonne R. A. Zeeland; Christina Rufener
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The Utility of Scatter Feeding as Enrichment: Do Broiler Chickens Engage with Scatter–Fed Items?

Animals
2021-12-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Brittany Wood; Christina Rufener; Maja M. Makagon; Richard A. Blatchford
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Data-Based Variables Used as Indicators of Dairy Cow Welfare at Farm Level: A Review

Animals
2021-12-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Barbara Lutz; Sibylle Zwygart; Christina Rufener; Joan-Bryce Burla; Beat Thomann; Dimitri Stucki
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Keel bone fractures induce a depressive-like state in laying hens

Scientific Reports
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Christina Rufener

Keel bone fractures in laying hens: a systematic review of prevalence across age, housing systems, and strains

Journal of Animal Science
2020-08-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Christina Rufener; Maja M Makagon
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Pullet Rearing Affects Collisions and Perch Use in Enriched Colony Cage Layer Housing

Animals
2020-07-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Allison N. Pullin; S. Mieko Temple; Darin C. Bennett; Christina B. Rufener; Richard A. Blatchford; Maja M. Makagon
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Perch Positioning Affects both Laying Hen Locomotion and Forces Experienced at the Keel

Animals
2020-07-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Christina Rufener; Ana K. Rentsch; Ariane Stratmann; Michael J. Toscano
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Radiographic Evaluation of Keel Bone Damage in Laying Hens—Morphologic and Temporal Observations in a Longitudinal Study

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
2020-03-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2297-1769
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Christina Rufener

Improving intra- and inter-observer repeatability and accuracy of keel bone assessment by training with radiographs

Poultry Science
2019-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sabine G Gebhardt-Henrich; Christina Rufener; Ariane Stratmann
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Laying hen’s mobility is impaired by keel bone fractures and does not improve with paracetamol treatment

Applied Animal Behaviour Science
2019-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Ana Katinka Rentsch; Christina Barbara Rufener; Claudia Spadavecchia; Ariane Stratmann; Michael Jeffrey Toscano
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Keel bone fractures affect egg laying performance but not egg quality in laying hens housed in a commercial aviary system

Poultry Science
2018-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0032-5791
Contributors: Christina Rufener; Sarah Baur; Ariane Stratmann; Michael J Toscano
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Finding hens in a haystack: Consistency of movement patterns within and across individual laying hens maintained in large groups

Scientific Reports
2018-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: C. Rufener; J. Berezowski; F. Maximiano Sousa; Y. Abreu; L. Asher; M. J. Toscano
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A Reliable Method to Assess Keel Bone Fractures in Laying Hens From Radiographs Using a Tagged Visual Analogue Scale

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
2018-06-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2297-1769
Contributors: Christina Rufener; Sarah Baur; Ariane Stratmann; Michael J. Toscano
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Susceptibility to keel bone fractures in laying hens and the role of genetic variation

Poultry Science
2017-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0032-5791
Contributors: Laura Candelotto; Ariane Stratmann; Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich; Christina Rufener; Teun van de Braak; Michael J. Toscano
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Space Allowance of the Littered Area Affects Lying Behavior in Group-Housed Horses

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
2017-03-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2297-1769
Contributors: Joan-Bryce Burla; Christina Rufener; Iris Bachmann; Lorenz Gygax; Antonia Patt; Edna Hillmann
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for PloS one. (1)