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Elliott R. Jacobson

Elliott R. Jacobson

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Biology and Biochemistry

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62
Citations
11732
World Ranking
10959
National Ranking
4742

Overview

Elliott R. Jacobson is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Immunology and Microbiology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Subfields of particular focus include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Parasitology, Animal Science and Zoology, Virology, and Microbiology.

The scientist's main research topics cover Turtle Biology and Conservation, Coccidia and coccidiosis research, Rabies epidemiology and control, Bird parasitology and diseases, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Microbial infections and disease research, and Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies.

Recent scholarly works include the following papers:

  • Carapacial Shell Disease Process Revealed by a Long-term Field Study of the Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens, in Texas (2020), published in Journal of Herpetology
  • Newly recognized Anaplasma sp. in erythrocytes from Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) (2020), published in Veterinary Clinical Pathology
  • Pharmacokinetics of ponazuril after administration of a single oral dose to green turtles (Chelonia mydas) (2021), published in Veterinary Quarterly
  • Testudine Intranuclear Coccidiosis (TINC) (2022), published in Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery
  • Potentially toxic elements in wild Agassiz's desert tortoises: tissue concentrations and association with disease (2024), published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Robert J. Ossiboff
  • James F. X. Wellehan
  • Michael M. Garner
  • Kristin H. Berry
  • Isabelle Paquet-Durand

The primary journals where they have published recently reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work and include:

  • Journal of Herpetology
  • Veterinary Clinical Pathology
  • Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery
  • Veterinary Quarterly
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Best Publications

  • Infectious diseases and pathology of reptiles : color atlas and text

    Elliott R. Jacobson

  • Detection and Analysis of Six Lizard Adenoviruses by Consensus Primer PCR Provides Further Evidence of a Reptilian Origin for the Atadenoviruses

    James F. X. Wellehan;April J. Johnson;Balázs Harrach;Mária Benkö

  • CHRONIC UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE OF FREE-RANGING DESERT TORTOISES (XEROBATES AGASSIZII)

    E. R. Jacobson;J. M. Gaskin;M. B. Brown;R. K. Harris

  • Mycoplasma agassizii causes upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise.

    M B Brown;I M Schumacher;P A Klein;K Harris

  • Experimental transmission of green turtle fibropapillomatosis using cell-free tumor extracts.

    L. H. Herbst;E. R. Jacobson;R. Moretti;T. Brown

  • Association of herpesvirus with fibropapillomatosis of the green turtle Chelonia mydas and the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in Florida.

    Joel K. Lackovich;Daniel R. Brown;Bruce L. Homer;Richard L. Garber

  • RANAVIRUS INFECTION OF FREE-RANGING AND CAPTIVE BOX TURTLES AND TORTOISES IN THE UNITED STATES

    April J. Johnson;Allan P. Pessier;James F. X. Wellehan;April Childress

  • Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in the Gopher Tortoise Is Caused by Mycoplasma agassizii

    M. B. Brown;G. S. McLaughlin;P. A. Klein;B. C. Crenshaw

  • Morphologic and cytochemical characteristics of blood cells from the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii).

    A R Alleman;E R Jacobson;R E Raskin

  • SEROPREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AGENTS IN FREE-RANGING FLORIDA PANTHERS (FELIS CONCOLOR CORYI)

    Melody E. Roelke;Donald J. Forrester;Elliott R. Jacobson;George V. Kollias

  • Detection of antibodies to a pathogenic mycoplasma in desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease.

    I M Schumacher;M B Brown;E R Jacobson;B R Collins

  • Morphologic and cytochemical characteristics of blood cells and hematologic and plasma biochemical reference ranges in green iguanas

    Kendal E. Harr;A. Rick Alleman;Patricia M. Dennis;Lara K. Maxwell

  • Cutaneous fibropapillomas of green turtles (Chelonia mydas).

    E.R. Jacobson;J.L. Mansell;J.P. Sundberg;L. Hajjar

  • Diseases of amphibians and reptiles

    Gerald L. Hoff;Frederic L. Frye;Elliott R. Jacobson

  • Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Reptiles

    Heather D.S. Walden;Ellis C. Greiner;Elliott R. Jacobson

  • INCLUSION BODY DISEASE IN BOID SNAKES

    Juergen Schumacher;Elliott R. Jacobson;Bruce L. Homer;Jack M. Gaskin

  • PATHOLOGY OF DISEASES IN WILD DESERT TORTOISES FROM CALIFORNIA

    Bruce L. Homer;Kristin H. Berry;Mary B. Brown;Georgeann Ellis

  • Mycoplasmosis and upper respiratory tract disease of tortoises: A review and update

    Elliott R. Jacobson;Mary B. Brown;Lori D. Wendland;Daniel R. Brown

  • Comparative pathology and pathogenesis of spontaneous and experimentally induced fibropapillomas of green turtles (Chelonia mydas).

    L. H. Herbst;E. R. Jacobson;P. A. Klein;G. H. Balazs

  • Mycotic diseases of reptiles

    Elliott R. Jacobson;Joseph L. Cheatwood;Lara K. Maxwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge A. Hernandez
Jorge A. Hernandez University of Florida
Ellis C. Greiner
Ellis C. Greiner University of Florida
Alan B. Bolten
Alan B. Bolten University of Florida
Michael Walsh
Michael Walsh Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Frances M. D. Gulland
Frances M. D. Gulland University of California, Davis
Joseph L. DeRisi
Joseph L. DeRisi University of California, San Francisco
Harvey B. Lillywhite
Harvey B. Lillywhite University of Florida
Karen A. Bjorndal
Karen A. Bjorndal University of Florida
Christopher M. Whipps
Christopher M. Whipps SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
George H. Balazs
George H. Balazs National Marine Fisheries Service

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