College of Veterinary Medicine

 

Education:

BA, Biochemistry (Minor: Physics), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, 1992

DVM, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 2001

MS, Molecular Veterinary Biosciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 2001

Internship, Avian/Exotic/Wildlife Medicine and Surgery, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada, 2001-2002

Residency, Zoological Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2002-2005

Diplomate, American College of Zoological Medicine, 2005

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (Virology and Bacteriology/Mycology subspecialities), 2006

Honors and Awards:

Caleb Doerr Award for highest GPA in class 1998, 1999

1st place SCAVMA Symposium academic competition in exotics, 1999

Schlotthauer scholarship for parasitology, 2000

Hoyt scholarship for future academician, 2001

Association of Avian Veterinarians Resident Manuscript Competition Award, 2004

Phi Zeta Best Clinical Research Publication Award, 2005

ACZM Manuscript Award, 2006

Current Research:

Finding things in stuff.

Laboratory Experience:

• PCR and RT-PCR
• ELISA
• Phylogenetics

 

Selected Publications:

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Nollens, H.H., Ruiz, C., Walsh, M.T., Gulland, F.M.D., Bossart, G., Jensen, E.E., McBain, J.F., and Wellehan, J.F.X. Cross-reactivity of immunoglobulin G of whales and dolphins correlates with evolutionary distance of cytochrome B genes. Clin. and Vaccine Imm. In press. Available online 3 September 2008.

Wellehan, J.F.X., Childress, A.L., Marschang, R.E., Johnson, A.J., Roberts, J.E., Vickers, M.L., Gaskin, J.M., and Jacobson, E.R. Consensus nested PCR amplification and sequencing of diverse reoviruses of reptiles, birds, and mammals. Vet. Micro. 2008: In press. Available online 21 June 2008.

Wellehan, J.F.X., Strik, N.I., Stacy, B.A., Childress,. A.L., Jacobson, E.R., and Telford, S.R. Characterization of an Erythrocytic Virus in the family Iridoviridae from a peninsula ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus sackenii). Vet. Micro. 131(1-2): 115-122. 2008.

Manire, C.A., Stacy, B.A., Kinsel, M.J., Daniel, H.T., Anderson, E., and Wellehan, J.F.X. Proliferative dermatitis in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) associated with novel papillomaviruses. Vet. Micro. 130(3-4): 227-237. 2008.

Nollens, H.H., Wellehan, J.F.X., Saliki, J.T., Caseltine, S.L., Jensen, E.D., Van Bonn, W., and Wong, S.K. Isolation and characterization of a parainfluenza virus from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Vet. Micro. 128(3-4): 231-242. 2008.

Wellehan, J.F.X., Johnson, A.J., Childress, A., Harr, K.E., and Isaza, R. Six novel gammaherpesviruses of Afrotheria provide insight into the early divergence of the Gammaherpesvirinae. Vet. Micro. 127(3-4): 249-257. 2008.

Wellehan, J.F.X., Green, L.G., Duke, D.G., Bootorabi, S., Heard, D.J., Klein, P.A., and Jacobson, E.R. Detection of specific antibody responses to vaccination in variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). Comp. Imm., Micro., and Inf. Dis. In press. Available online 1 February 2008.

Wellehan, J.F.X., Gunkel, C.I., Kledzik, D.C., Heard, D.J., and Robertson, S.A. Use of a nerve locator to facilitate administration of mandibular nerve blocks in crocodilians. J. Zoo and Wildl. Med. 37(3): 405-408. 2006.

Wellehan, J.F.X., Johnson, A.J., Latimer, K.S., Whiteside, D.P., Crawshaw, G.J., Detrisac, C.J., Heard, D.J., Terrell, S.P., Childress, A., and Jacobson, E.R. Varanid herpesvirus-1: a novel herpesvirus associated with proliferative stomatitis in green tree monitors (Varanus prasinus). Vet. Micro. 105(2): 83-92. 2005.

Wellehan, J.F.X., Johnson, A.J., Latimer, K.S., Bischoff, K., Lafortune, M., and Jacobson, E.R. Initial characterization of an adenovirus associated with fatal hepatic and lymphoid necrosis in a Meyer’s parrot (Poicephalus meyeri). J. Avian Med. and Surgery 19(3): 191-197. 2005.