Jim Wellehan

Associate Professor, Zoo Med

Department: Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine

Business Phone: (352) 392-2235

Business Email: wellehanj@ufl.edu

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About Jim Wellehan

Jim is an Associate Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida. He is a diplomate of both the American College of Zoological Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists. He can generally be found in the zoo ward fixing owls and tortoises, and prattling on about dinosaurs, microbial ecology, and phylogenetic trees. He is the veterinarian of record for Santa Fe Teaching Zoo and Lubee Bat Conservancy. In addition to clinical work with the Zoological Medicine Service, he is also faculty in the UF Veterinary Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, and co-director of the Zoological Medicine Laboratory. His research interests focus on evolution and ecology of pathogens of nondomestic animals, with an emphasis on molecular diagnostics and pathogen discovery. He has published 173 peer-reviewed publications and 36 book chapters/invited reviews. Outside of work, he enjoys backpacking, mountain biking, and playing anything with strings and frets. He is happily married to Karen Schaedel and they are the proud parents of Xavier and Elseya. He would like to leave them a world with less racism, sexism, homophobia, and economic disparity that is working to mitigate the ongoing climate change crisis.

Accomplishments

UF Term Professorship Award

2018 · University of Florida

FVMA Clinical Investigator Award

2017 · Florida Veterinary Medical Association

C.E. Cornelius Young Investigator Award

2013 · University of Florida

Phi Zeta Excellence in Doctoral Studies Award

2011 · University of Florida

ACZM Manuscript Award

2006 · American College of Zoological Medicine

Phi Zeta Best Clinical Research Publication Award

2005 · University of Florida

Association of Avian Veterinarians Resident Manuscript Competition Award

2004 · Association of Avian Veterinarians

Board Certifications

Diplomate

American College of Zoological Medicine
Diplomate, Virology and Bacteriology/Mycology Subspecialties

American College of Veterinary Microbiologists

Research Profile

Jim’s research interests include comparative infectious disease, pathogen evolution, molecular diagnostics, and pathogen discovery. His favorite publication so far is:

Hyndman TH, Shilton CM Stenglein MD, Wellehan JFX. Divergent bornaviruses from Australian carpet pythons with neurological disease date the origin of extant Bornaviridae prior to the end-Cretaceous extinction. PLOS Pathogens. 2018 Feb 20;14(2):e1006881.

You should go read that one.

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-5692-6134

Publications

2020

Selected Emerging Infectious Diseases of Squamata: An Update.

The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice

2019

Spillover of Pentastome Parasites from Invasive Burmese Pythons (Python bivittatus) to Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius), Extending Parasite Range in Florida, USA

Herpetological Review

2019

Prevalence of Parelaphostrongylus andersoni in white-tailed deer, other cervids, and bovids in northern Florida

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2019

Polymerase Chain Reaction for Investigation of Astrovirus and Bornavirus in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Dogs Diagnosed with Meningoencephalitis of Unknown Etiology

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

2019

Longitudinal and cross-sectional sampling of serpentovirus (nidovirus) infection in captive snakes reveals high prevalence, persistent infection, and increased mortality in pythons and divergent serpentovirus infection in boas and colubrids

Frontiers in veterinary science.

2019

Larval Neodiplostomum americanum in the lung of a sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps)

Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine

2019

Intrapericardial Encephalitozoon pogonae-associated arteritis with fatal hemopericardium in two juvenile inland bearded dragons

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2019

Intrapericardial Encephalitozoon pogonae-associated arteritis with fatal hemopericardium in two juvenile central bearded dragons

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2019

Identification of Helodermatid Adenovirus 2 in a captive central bearded dragon (Pogona viticeps), wild Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum), and a death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2019

Genomic sequencing of a virus representing a novel type within the species Dyopipapillomavirus 1 in an Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphin

Archives of Virology

2019

Gastrointestinal disease associated with non-albicans Candida species in six birds

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

2019

A description of arterial blood pressure measurement in two species of flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus and Pteropus hypomelanus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2019

Erysipeloid lesions caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a dog: clinical and histopathological findings, molecular diagnosis and treatment

Veterinary Dermatology

2019

A novel herpesvirus associated with chronic superficial keratitis and proliferative conjunctivitis in a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)

Veterinary ophthalmology

2019

Caryospora-like coccidia infecting green turtles (Chelonia mydas): an emerging disease with evidence of interoceanic dissemination

Frontiers in veterinary science.

2019

Dermatitis caused by autochthonous Cercopithifilaria bainae from a dog in Florida: clinical, histological, and parasitological diagnosis and treatment

Veterinary Dermatology

2019

Dermatitis caused by autochthonous Cercopithifilaria bainae from a dog in Florida: clinical, histological, and parasitological diagnosis and treatment

Veterinary Dermatology

2019

Gastrointestinal Disease Associated with Non-albicans Candida Species in Six Birds

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

2019

Development of reverse-transcriptase quantitative PCR assays for detection of the cytokines IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-10 in chelonians

Cytokine

2019

Development of reverse-transcriptase quantitative PCR assays for detection of the cytokines IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-10 in chelonians

Cytokine

2019

Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in a black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) kit

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2019

Development and validation of two probe-hybridization quantitative PCR assays for rapid detection of a pathogenic Coxiella species in captive psittacines

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2018

Management of Ocular Human herpesvirus 1 Infection in a White-faced Saki Monkey (Pithecia pithecia)

Comparative Medicine

2018

Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2018.

Archives of Virology

2018

Reference intervals for erythrocyte sedimentation rate, lactate, fibrinogen, hematology, and plasma protein electrophoresis in clinically healthy captive gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2018

Prevalence of Urogenital Carcinoma in Stranded California Sea Lions (Zalophus Californianus) From 2005-15

2018

Pneumonia in a Captive Central Bearded Dragon With Concurrent Detection of Helodermatid Adenovirus 2 and a Novel Mycoplasma Species.

Veterinary Pathology

2018

Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genome of An Enteritis-Associated Bottlenose Dolphin Mastadenovirus Supports a Clade Infecting the Cetartiodactyla

2018

Omikronpapillomavirus 1 in Indian River Lagoon Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Genome announcements

2018

Management of Ocular Human Herpesvirus 1 Infection in a White-faced Saki Monkey (Pithecia pithecia)

Comparative Medicine

2018

Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) Spp. in Captive-Bred Bobwhite Quail (Colinus Virginianus) in Southern Utah, USa

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2018

Development and validation of quantitative PCR assays to measure cytokine transcript levels in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2018

Diagnostic performance of inflammatory markers in gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2018

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAYS TO MEASURE CYTOKINE TRANSCRIPT LEVELS IN THE FLORIDA MANATEE ( TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2018

Development and Validation of a Probe Hybridization Reverse-Transcription Quantitative Pcr for Detection of Mamastrovirus 2 in Domestic Cats

2018

Development and validation of a probe hybridization reverse transcription quantitative PCR for detection of mamastrovirus 2 in domestic cats

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2018

Determination of the diversity of astroviruses in feces from cats in Florida

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2018

Complete genome sequencing of a novel type of Omikronpapillomavirus 1 in Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Genome announcements

2018

A preliminary analysis of pharmacokinetics of ponazuril in Red footed tortoises, Chelonoidis carbonaria

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2018

Motor nerve conduction velocities of the median and sciatic-tibial nerves in eight normal large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2018

Divergent Bornaviruses From Australian Carpet Pythons With Neurological Disease Date the Origin of Extant Bornaviridae Prior to the End-Cretaceous Extinction

2017

Development of a quantitative PCR assay for measurement of Trichechid herpesvirus 1 (TrHV1) load in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2017

Intramuscular Epinephrine Results in Reduced Anesthetic Recovery Time in American Alligators (Alligator Mississippiensis) Undergoing Isoflurane Anesthesia

2017

Granulomatous Encephalomyelitis in a False Gharial (Tomistoma Schlegelii) Associated With a Novel Chlamydia Species

2017

Extension of the known host range of intranuclear coccidiosis: infection in a group of red-footed tortoises (Cheloinidis carbonaria)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2017

Development and Validation of a Quantitative Pcr for Rapid and Specific Detection of California Sea Lion Adenovirus 1 and Prevalence in Wild and Managed Populations

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2017

Infection With a Novel Derogenid Trematode in a Flap-Necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo Dilepis)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

2017

Comparison of Bacterial Recovery using Sonication versus Swabbing of Titanium and Stainless Steel Implants Inoculated with Staphylococcus pseudintermedius or Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

2017

Bacterial Recovery Using Sonication Versus Swabbing of Titanium and Stainless Steel Implants Inoculated With Staphylococcus Pseudintermedius or Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

2017

Cutaneous Iridophoroma in a Green Iguana (Iguana Iguana)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

2017

Antemortem diagnosis of coxiellosis in a blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

2017

A Novel Cetacean Adenovirus in Stranded Harbour Porpoises From the North Sea: Detection and Molecular Characterization

Archives of Virology

2016

Surgical Management of An Odontogenic Tumor in a Banded Gila Monster (Heloderma Suspectum Cinctum) With a Novel Herpesvirus

Veterinary Quarterly

2016

Phylogenetic Characterization of a Novel Herpesvirus Found in the Liver and Lungs of a Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus Chilensis)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2016

Mycobacterium Haemophilum Infection in a Juvenile Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys Coriacea)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2016

First reported clinical Mycoplasma sp. infections in free-living three-toed box turtles (Terrapene carolina triunguis) in Missouri

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2016

Evaluation of Low-Dose Ultraviolet Light C for Reduction of Select Eskape Pathogens in a Canine Skin and Muscle Model

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

2016

Epinephrine or GV-26 stimulation reduces inhalant anesthetic recovery time in common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2016

Epinephrine or GV-26 stimulation reduces inhalant anesthetic recovery time in common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2016

Coccidial Infection of the Adrenal Glands of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys Coriacea)

2016

Coinfection of California sea lion adenovirus 1 and a novel polyomavirus in a Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schaunslandi)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2016

Coinfection By Cetacean Morbillivirus and Aspergillus Fumigatus in a Juvenile Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2016

Clinical Mycoplasma sp. Infections in Free-living Three-toed Box Turtles ( Terrapene carolina triunguis) in Missouri, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2016

Characterization of An Avipoxvirus From a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Using Novel Consensus Pcr Protocols for the Rpo147 and Dna-Dependent DNa Polymerase Genes

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

2016

A Novel Gammaherpesvirus in Northern Fur Seals (Callorhinus Ursinus) Is Closely Related to the California Sea Lion (Zalophus Californianus) Carcinoma-Associated Otarine Herpesvirus-1

2016

Blastocystis sp. and Blastocystis ratti in a Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) with diarrhea

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2016

Disseminated Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasma Gondii in a Wild Florida Manatee Trichechus Manatus Latirostris and Seroprevalence in Two Wild Populations

2015

Retrospective Evaluation of the Efficacy of Isolating Bacteria From Synovial Fluid in Dogs With Suspected Septic Arthritis

Australian Veterinary Journal

2015

Renal and Cloacal Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium avian genotype V) in a Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo Lophochroa leadbeateri

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2015

Phylogenomic Characterization of California Sea Lion Adenovirus-1

Infection Genetics and Evolution

2015

Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola dermatitis in eight free-ranging timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) from Massachusetts

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2015

Molecular Identification of Three Novel Herpesviruses Found in Australian Farmed Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus Porosus) and Australian Captive Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus Johnstoni)

Veterinary Microbiology

2015

Meningoencephalitis with Disseminated Sarcocystosis in a Free Ranging Moose (Alces alces) Calf

Canadian Veterinary Journal

2015

Massive Muscular Infection by a Sarcocystis Species in a South American Rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus)

Journal of Parasitology

2015

Management of a patent urachus and yolk coelomitis in a prehensile-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2015

Phaeohyphomycosis Resulting in Obstructive Tracheitis in Three Green Sea Turtles Chelonia Mydas Stranded Along the Florida Coast

2015

Identification of a novel herpesvirus in captive Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Veterinary Microbiology

2015

Experimental challenge study of FV3-like ranavirus infected eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) to assess infection and survival

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2015

Development and Validation of a Novel Hydrolysis Probe Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Agamid Adenovirus 1 in the Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona Vitticeps)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2015

Development and validation of a novel hydrolysis probe qPCR for agamid adenovirus 1 in the inland bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2015

Comparison of Synovial Fluid Culture and 16S Rrna Pcr in Dogs With Suspected Septic Arthritis

Australian Veterinary Journal

2015

Coinfection With a Novel Fibropapilloma-Associated Herpesvirus and a Novel Spirorchis Sp in An Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene Carolina) in Florida

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2015

A Tortoise-Infecting Picornavirus Expands the Host Range of the Family Picornaviridae

Archives of Virology

2015

Management of a patent urachus and yolk coelomitis in a prehensile-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2014

Preservation of red blood cells in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) over time and in two different anticoagulants

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery

2014

Preliminary Investigation of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) for Hfe Gene-Related Hemochromatosis

2014

Phocine Distemper Virus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

2014

Novel Poxvirus Infection in Northern and Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra Lutris Kenyoni and Enhydra Lutris Neiris), Alaska and California, Usa

2014

Management of wounds in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) due to traumatic bycatch injury from the spines of a spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2014

Management of Wounds in a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta) Caused By Traumatic Bycatch Injury From the Spines of a Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus Narinari)

2014

Gastrointestinal Cryptosporidiosis in Captive Psittacine Birds in the United States

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

2014

Description of an erythrocytic iridovirus from an inland bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2014

Cetacean Morbillivirus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

2014

Ball Python Nidovirus: a Candidate Etiologic Agent for Severe Respiratory Disease in Python Regius

Mbio

2014

A Novel Siadenovirus Detected in the Kidneys and Liver of Gouldian Finches (Erythura Gouldiae)

Veterinary Microbiology

2014

Large-Scale Predation By River Otters (Lontra Canadensis) On Florida Cooter (Pseudemys Floridana) and Florida Softshell Turtles (Apalone Ferox)

2013

A Novel Gammaherpesvirus Found in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Sun Bears (Helarctos Malayanus)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2013

A Novel Gammaherpesvirus in a Large Flying Fox (Pteropus Vampyrus) With Blepharitis

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2013

An Outbreak of Sarcocystis Calchasi Encephalitis in Multiple Psittacine Species Within An Enclosed Zoological Aviary

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2013

Development of a Quantitative Pcr for Rapid and Sensitive Diagnosis of An Intranuclear Coccidian Parasite in Testudines (Tinc),.and Detection in the Critically Endangered Arakan Forest Turtle (Heosemys Depressa)

2013

Efficacy of Decontamination and Sterilization of a Single-Use Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Port

American Journal of Veterinary Research

2013

Eosinophilic meningoencephalomyelitis in an orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Veterinary Quarterly

2013

Eosinophilic meningoencephalomyelitis in an orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in southern Florida, USA

Veterinary Quarterly

2013

Partial Characterization of a New Adenovirus Lineage Discovered in Testudinoid Turtles

Infection Genetics and Evolution

2013

Surgical Management of a Cervical Thymoma in a Springbok (Antidorcas Marsupialis)

Veterinary Quarterly

2013

Diagnosis and management of atypical hypoadrenocorticism in a variable flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2012

Sulawesi Tortoise Adenovirus-1 in Two Impressed Tortoises (Manouria Impressa) and a Burmese Star Tortoise (Geochelone Platynota)

2012

Serologic and Molecular Evidence for Testudinid Herpesvirus 2 Infection in Wild Agassiz’S Desert Tortoises, Gopherus Agassizii

2012

Kiricephalus Coarctatus in An Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon Couperi); Endoscopic Removal, Identification, and Phylogeny.

Veterinary Quarterly

2012

Kiricephalus coarctatus in an Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi); endoscopic removal, identification, and phylogeny

Veterinary Quarterly

2012

Isolation and molecular characterization of Sunshine Virus, a novel paramyxovirus found in Australian Snakes

Infection Genetics and Evolution

2012

Marine Mammal Zoonoses: a Review of Disease Manifestations

Zoonoses and Public Health

2012

Identification of a novel adenovirus in a cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2012

Evidence of Recombination and Positive Selection in Cetacean Papillomaviruses

Virology

2012

Autochthonous Leishmania Siamensis in Horse, Florida, Usa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

2012

Clinical relevance of novel Otarine herpesvirus-3 in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): lymphoma, esophageal ulcers, and strandings

Veterinary Research

2012

Characterization of a novel papillomavirus species (ZcPV1) from two California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

Veterinary Microbiology

2012

Initial Sequence Characterization of the Rhabdoviruses of Squamate Reptiles, Including a Novel Rhabdovirus From a Caiman Lizard (Dracaena Guianensis)

Veterinary Microbiology

2011

Phylogenetic Analysis of Marine Mammal Herpesviruses

Veterinary Microbiology

2011

Incomplete Ovariosalpingectomy and Subsequent Malignant Granulosa Cell Tumor in a Female Green Iguana (Iguana Iguana)

Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

2011

Discovery of An Orthoreovirus in the Aborted Fetus of a Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias Jubatus)

Journal of General Virology

2011

Computed Tomography of Granulomatous Pneumonia With Oxalosis in An American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) Associated With Metarhizium Anisopliae Var Anisopliae

2011

Characterization of California Sea Lion Polyomavirus 1: Expansion of the Known Host Range of the Polyomaviridae To Carnivora

Infection Genetics and Evolution

2011

Detection and Phylogenetic Characterization of a Novel Herpesvirus From the Trachea of Two Stranded Common Loons (Gavia Immer)

2010

Mixed Infection With Reovirus and Chlamydophila in a Flock of Budgerigars (Melopsittacus Undulatus)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

2010

Treatment of Tarsal Joint Deformities With Hinged Transarticular External Fixators in Three Young Birds

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

2010

Renal infection by a new coccidian genus in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

Journal of Parasitology

2010

Polyomavirus Infection in a Free-Ranging California Sea Lion (Zalophus Californianus) With Intestinal T-Cell Lymphoma

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2010

Orthoreovirus infection and concurrent cryptosporidiosis in rough green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus): Pathology and identification of a novel orthoreovirus strain via PCR and sequencing

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2010

Fatal septicemia caused by Helicobacter infection in a pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri).

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2010

Detection of a Respiratory Coronavirus From Tissues Archived During a Pneumonia Epizootic in Free-Ranging Pacific Harbor Seals Phoca Vitulina Richardsii

2010

Fatal bacteremia due to a probable novel Helicobacter sp. in a pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2010

A novel herpesvirus of the proposed genus Chelonivirus from an asymptomatic bowsprit tortoise (Chersina angulata)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2010

Cryptosporidiosis Caused By Two Distinct Species in Russian Tortoises and a Pancake Tortoise

2010

Characterization of San Miguel Sea Lion Virus Populations Using Pyrosequencing-Based Methods

Infection Genetics and Evolution

2010

Fatal Septicemia Caused By Helicobacter Infection in a Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus Tornieri)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2009

Systemic Adenovirus Infection in Sulawesi Tortoises (Indotestudo Forsteni) Caused By a Novel Siadenovirus

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2009

Siadenovirus Infection in Two Psittacine Bird Species

Avian Pathology

2009

Saccular Lung Cannulation in a Ball Python (Python Regius) To Treat a Tracheal Obstruction

2009

New Recognition of Enterovirus Infections in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus)

Veterinary Microbiology

2009

Identifying and Evaluating Evidence in Reptile Medicine

Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine

2009

Massive Visceral Pentastomiasis Caused By Porocephalus Crotali in a Dog

Veterinary Pathology

2009

Detection of Specific Antibody Responses To Vaccination in Variable Flying Foxes (Pteropus Hypomelanus)

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology, & Infectious Diseases

2009

Consensus Nested Pcr Amplification and Sequencing of Diverse Reptilian, Avian, and Mammalian Orthoreoviruses

Veterinary Microbiology

2009

Characterization of phylogenetically diverse astroviruses of marine mammals

Journal of General Virology

2009

Characterization of An Outbreak of Astroviral Diarrhea in a Group of Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus)

Veterinary Microbiology

2009

An epizootic in Sulawesi tortoises (Indotestudo forstenii) caused by a novel Siadenovirus

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2009

Genotype Differentiation of Agamid Adenovirus 1 in Bearded Dragons (Pogona Vitticeps) in the Usa By Hexon Gene Sequence

Infection Genetics and Evolution

2008

Two novel herpesviruses associated with disease in wild Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Veterinary Microbiology

2008

Proliferative dermatitis in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) associated with novel papillomaviruses

Veterinary Microbiology

2008

Two Herpesviruses Associated With Disease in Wild Atlantic Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta)

Veterinary Microbiology

2008

Six Novel Gammaherpesviruses of Afrotheria Provide Insight Into the Early Divergence of the Gammaherpesvirinae

Veterinary Microbiology

2008

Ranavirus Infection of Free-Ranging and Captive Box Turtles and Tortoises in the United States

2008

Isolation and characterization of a parainfluenza virus from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Veterinary Microbiology

2008

Characterization of An Erythrocytic Virus in the Family Iridoviridae From a Peninsula Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis Sauritus Sackenii)

Veterinary Microbiology

2008

Genomic Characterization of Two Novel Reptilian Papillomaviruses, Chelonia mydas Papillomavirus 1 and Caretta caretta Papillomavirus 1

Virology

2008

Cross-Reactivity Between Immunoglobulin G Antibodies of Whales and Dolphins Correlates With Evolutionary Distance

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

2008

Columbid Herpesvirus-1 in Two Cooper’S Hawks (Accipiter Cooperii) With Fatal Inclusion Body Disease

2008

Characterization of enteric infections associated with two novel atadenoviruses in colubrid snakes

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery

2008

Characterization of a Parainfluenza Virus Isolated From a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus)

Veterinary Microbiology

2008

Identification and Isolation of a Novel Herpesvirus in a Captive Mob of Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus Giganteus)

Veterinary Microbiology

2007

Diabetes mellitus concurrent with hepatic haemosiderosis in two macaws (Ara severa, Ara militaris)

Avian Pathology

2007

Antemortem diagnosis and characterization of nasal intranuclear coccidiosis in tortoises

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2007

Diabetes mellitus concurrent with hepatic haemosiderosis in two macaws (Ara severa, Ara militaris)

Avian Pathology

2006

Use of a nerve locator to facilitate administration of mandibular nerve blocks in crocodilians

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2006

Intranuclear Coccidiosis in Tortoises, 9 Cases

Veterinary Pathology

2006

Surgical management of a malacic corneal ulcer in a Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) using a free island tarsoconjunctival graft

Veterinary ophthalmology

2005

Varanid herpesvirus 1: a novel herpesvirus associated with proliferative stomatitis in green tree monitors (Varanus prasinus).

Veterinary Microbiology

2005

Vacuum- Assisted Closure (Turtle VAC) in the Management of Traumatic Shell Defects in Chelonians

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery

2005

Iron storage disease in captive Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus): relationship of blood iron parameters to hepatic iron concentrations and hepatic histopathology

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2005

Shell and systemic hyalohyphomycosis in Fly River turtles (Carettochelys insculpta) caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery

2005

Reptile virology

The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice

2005

Initial characterization of an adenovirus associated with fatal hepatic and lymphoid necrosis in a Meyer’s parrot (Poicephalus meyeri)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

2005

Two Plasmodium species of the skink Tribolonotus gracilis from Irian Jaya

Journal of Parasitology

2005

Fatal human herpesvirus type 1 infection in a white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2005

Cytologic diagnosis of Lawsonia intracellularis proliferative ileitis in a Japanese snow macaque (Macaca fuscata).

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

2005

Conjunctival swab cytology from a guinea pig: it’s elementary!

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

2005

Amphibian virology.

The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice

2005

A novel herpesvirus associated with lymphoid follicular cloacal inflammation in juvenile alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

2005

Identification of a novel herpesvirus from a California desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii).

Veterinary Microbiology

2004

Traumatic elbow luxation repair in a common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) and a bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2004

Synovial fluid from an African spur thighed tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

2004

Pythiosis in a dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2004

Three novel herpesviruses associated with stomatitis in Sudan plated lizards (Gerrhosaurus major) and a black-lined plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2004

Detection and analysis of six lizard adenoviruses by consensus primer PCR provides further evidence of a reptilian origin for the atadenoviruses.

Journal Of Virology

2004

Dermatophilus chelonae in a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2004

Coccygeal vascular catheterization in lizards and crocodilians

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery

2004

Proliferative enteritis associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2003

A novel herpesvirus associated with hepatic necrosis in a San Esteban Chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius)

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery

2003

Characterization of a herpesvirus associated with tracheitis in Gouldian finches (Erythrura [Chloebia] gouldiae)

Journal Of Clinical Microbiology

2003

Frostbite in Birds: Pathophysiology and Treatment

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practising Veterinarian

2003

Surgical removal of a mammary adenocarcinoma and a granulosa cell tumor in an African pygmy hedgehog.

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Veterinaire

2002

DNA fingerprinting of Pasteurella multocida recovered from avian sources

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

2001

Diagnosis and treatment of conjunctivitis in house finches associated with Mycoplasmosis in Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2001

Mycoplasmosis in captive crows and robins in Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2001

Type I external skeletal fixation for radial fracture repair in microchiropterans

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

1997

Molecular epidemiology of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

1997

Overexpression of the D- alanine racemase gene confers resistance to D-cycloserine in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of bacteriology

Grants

Jul 2018 ACTIVE

D18ZO-319: Establishing tissue culture cell lines from reptiles, amphibians, and other captive and free-ranging wildlife

MORRIS ANIMAL FOU · Mentor

Jan 2018 – Mar 2020

Assessment of health and disease in wild and captive Florida grasshopper sparrows: An information need critical for the release of captive birds, 2017-2019

FL FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMM ·

Jan 2016 – Dec 2017

Molecular Identification of Viruses from Florida Bottlenose Dolphins

FL ATLANTIC UNIV ·

Mar 2015 – Feb 2017

Determining the Glomerular Filtration Rate in Bearded

ASSO OF REPTILIAN AND AMPHIBIAN VETS · Principal Investigator

Aug 2014 – Nov 2018

Studies of Pathogenesis of a Virus-Associated Carcinoma in California Sea Lions: Research Fellowship for Alissa Deming

MARINE MAMMAL CENTER · Principal Investigator

Oct 2007 – Oct 2017

Molecular Identification of Microbial Agents and Parasit

MULTIPLE SPONSORS · Principal Investigator

Education

PhD

2010 · University of Florida

Residency in Zoological Medicine

2002-2005 · University of Florida

Internship in Avian/Exotic/Wildlife Medicine and Surgery

2001-2002 · Ontario Veterinary College

2001 · University of Minnesota

DVM

2001 · University of Minnesota

1992 · Bowdoin College

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Business:: (352) 392-2235

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Business:: wellehanj@ufl.edu

College of Veterinary Medicine

UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA

Jim Wellehan

Associate Professor, Zoo Med

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