Elliott R. Jacobson, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor
Zoological Medicine
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
e-mail: JacobsonE@vetmed.ufl.edu
PO Box 100126
2015 SW 16th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608-0126
(352) 392-2226 ext. 4773
Fax: (352) 392-6125
Education:
B.S., Biology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1967
M.S., Biology, New Mexico State University, 1969
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Missouri, 1975
D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 1975
Diplomate, American College of Zoological Medicine, 1985
Awards and Honors:
Phi Kappa Phi
Who's Who in American College and Universities
Phi Zeta
Conservation Award, Bureau of Land Management, 1990
University of Florida Research Achievement Award, 1991
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Daniels Pharmaceuticals Senior Clinical Investigator Award, 1992
Conservation Award, Desert Tortoise Council, 1995
Conservation Award, Desert Tortoise Council, 1996
University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award, 1997
Golden Tortoise Award, Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee, Jan. 2002
Fredric L Frye Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, May 2004
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Investigator Award, 2006
Reserach Interests:
Zoological medicine; Reptile medicine; Reptile infectious diseases; Antimicrobial pharmacokinetics
Selected Publications:
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Brown DR, Nogueira MF, Schoeb TR, Vliet KA, Bennett RA, Pye GW, Jacobson ER. Pathology of Experimental Mycoplasmosis in American Alligators. J Wildf Dis 37:671-679, 2001.
Oros J, Torrent A, De Los Monteros E, Calabuig P, Deniz S, Tucker S, Jacobson ER. Multicentric Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta). Vet Path 38:464 467, 2001.
Origgi FC, Jacobson ER, Mathes K, Tucker SJ, Klein PA. An Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa) for Detecting Herpesvirus Exposure in Mediterranean Tortoises Spur-Thighed (Testudo graeca) and Hermann's Tortoises (Testudo hermanni). J Clin Micro 39:3156-3163, 2001.
Pye GW, Brown DR, Nogueira MF, Vliet KA, Schoeb TR, Jacobson ER, Bennett RA. Experimental Innoculation of Mycoplasma alligatoris in Broad Nosed Caiman (Caiman latirotris) and Siamese Crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis). J Zoo Wildl Med 32:196-201, 2001.
Coberley SS, Herbst LH, Brown DR, Ehrhart LM, Bagley DA, Schaf S, Moretti R, Jacobson ER, Klein PA. Detection of Antibodies to a Disease-associated Herpesvirus of the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas. J Clin Micro 39:3572-3577, 2002.
Coberley SS, Herbst LH, Ehrhart LM, Bagley DA, Hirama S, Jacobson ER, Klein PA. Survey of Florida Green Turtles for Exposure to a Disease-Associated Herpesvirus. Dis Aq Org 47:159-167, 2002.
Jacobson E, Harman G, Maxwell L, Laille E. Plasma Concentrations of Praziquantel in Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, Following Oral Administration of Single and Multiple Doses. Am J Vet Res 64:304-308, 2003.
Jacobson ER, Heard D, Andersen A. Identification of Chlamydiophila pneumoniae in emerald tree boas, Corallus caninus. J Vet Diag Investig 16:153-154, 2004.
Origgi FC, Romero CH, Bloom DC, Klein PA, Gaskin JM, Tucker SJ, Jacobson ER. Experimental Transmission of a Herpesvirus in Green Tortoises (Testudo graeca). Vet Path 41:50-61, 2004.
Jacobson ER, Ginn PE, Troutman JM, Farina L, Stark L, Klenk K, Komar N. West Nile Virus Infection in Farmed American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in Florida. J Wildl Dis 41:96-106, 2005.
Jacobson ER, Johnson AJ, Hernandez JA, Tucker SJ, Dupuis AP, Stevens R, Carbonneau D, Stark K. Use of an Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Antibodies to West Nile Virus in American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). J Wildl Dis 41: 107-114, 2005.
Jacobson ER, Homer B, Greiner E, Szabo NJ, Chrisman C, Foley A, Landsberg JH, Flewelling L, Ewin R, Moretti R, Schaf S, Rose C, Mader D, Harman G, Manire C, Mettee N, Mizisin AP, Shelton GD. A Neurological Disease of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in Coastal Waters of Florida, USA. Dis Aq Org 70:139-154, 2006.