My doctoral project was designed to study the innate immune response against herpesvirus infections in the respiratory epithelium. The objectives to my doctoral thesis involve primarily the determination of the gene expression of cathelicidins, TLRs and several key cytokines induced by BoHV infection, such as the viral quantification, in samples of bovine respiratory tract and in vitro in primary cultures of respiratory cells. Considering that the proposed research tasks are linked to address the innate immune response during herpesvirus infections in the respiratory tract and that understanding about the modulation of the innate immune response given by TLRs, cathelicidins and their signalling pathways would be useful for preventive and therapeutic strategies against BoHV infections, the opportunity to become a member to IVVN is extremely enriching for me.