P05 will investigate the hypothesis that Marek's Disease Virus (MDV) induces stress response markers, alters behaviour and agility in infected animals and that tumour cells can be identified in exfoliated mucosal cell (EMC) samples  

Research Goals include:

• Precisely determine the onset of MDV disease.
• Refine experimental procedures
• Reduce data variance and the number of animals used in infection studies

The long-term vision is to apply findings to improve early MDV detection in the poultry industry and as such contribute to reduce the suffering of millions of chickens.