Conducts experimental laboratory, large animal and poultry disease research; participates in the design execution and control of laboratory research in mucosal immunology and cellular and molecular biology, contributing to the understanding of immunity to infectious as well as zoonotic pathogens infecting food animal species; executes designated immunologic and enteric viral research and performs assigned assays; assists with all aspects of animal experiments including scheduling, clinical observations, sample collection, processing, storage and inventory and testing; interprets data and performs data analysis; performs literature searches of relevant topics and procedures; tests and evaluates new or revised research methods and reagents and validates experiments to define and solve pro