Dr. Jayne Ellis, DVM

Adjunct Faculty, CNSM

I earned my Bachelor's of Science in Wildlife Conservation Biology from Colorado State University, and DVM degree  in the UAF-CSU program as a member of the third UAF class! I completed a dual residency training in anatomic pathology and toxicology with two years at Michigan State University and a fellowship year focused on wildlife pathology at University of California Davis. During veterinary school and residency I completed externships at The Marine Mammal Center, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Southeastern Cooperative for Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), Colorado Parks and WIldlife, and the Alaska SeaLife Center.

My research focuses on wildlife disease, specifically pathogenic viruses. My most recent studies focus on transmission of avian influenza to mammals, and respiratory viruses affecting moose in Alaska. Currently, I am teaching the necropsy lab at UAF for second year veterinary students and working as an On-Call Wildlife Veterinarian for Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 

 

LICENSING

State of Alaska Veterinary License

Residency trained and boards eligible in Anatomic Pathology

 

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Ellis JS, Fulton R, Lehner AF, Buchweitz J. Acute inhalation toxicity in nine white ibis (Eudocimus albus)    following exposure to triethylene glycol and propylene glycol containing theatrical fog. Manuscript   submitted to the journal of Veterinary Pathology.  

2023     Elsmo EJ, Wünschmann A, Beckmen KB, Broughton-Neiswanger LE, Buckles EL, Ellis J, et al. Highly           Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Wild Terrestrial Mammals, United    States, 2023. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023;29(12):2451-2460. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2912.230464. 

 Ellis JS, Ritchie BW, McHale B, Rao S, Sadar MJ. Surveillance for Avian Bornavirus in Colorado and Wyoming, USA, Raptor Populations. J Wildl Dis. 2023 Nov 4. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-22-00118. 

Ellis JS and MacGlover CA, Sondgeroth KS, Brown D, Daniels JB, Fox KA. Novel Avibacterium Species        Associated With Sinusitis and Conjunctivitis in a Merriam’s Wild       Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in Colorado, USA. J Wildl Dis. 2022 Aug 11. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-22-00005. 

Ellis JS, Mama KR, Rao S, Sadler RA, Marinkovich M, Clancy MM, Howard LL, Lamberski N, Kinney ME. A Comparison of a Single-Dart Versus Staged Two-Dart Anesthesia Induction Protocol in Przewalski’s Horses (Equus ferus przewalskii). J Zoo   Wildl Med. 2021 Jun;52(2):453-459. doi: 10.1638/2020-0133. 

Ellis JS, Fulton R, Lehner AF, Buchweitz J. Acute inhalation toxicity in nine white ibis (Eudocimus albus)    following exposure to triethylene glycol and propylene glycol containing theatrical fog. 2023 ACVP    Annual Meeting. Oral presentation.

Ellis JS, Fulton R, Lehner AF, Buchweitz J. Acute inhalation toxicity in nine white ibis (Eudocimus albus)    following exposure to triethylene glycol and propylene glycol containing theatrical fog. 2022 AAVLD Annual Meeting. Oral presentation.

Ellis JS, Moriarty M, Melotti J, Maes R, Wise A, Thompson D, French S, Fitzgerald SD. Highly pathogenic   avian influenza (H5N1) in wild mammals in Michigan. 2022 AAVLD meeting. Poster presentation.

Ellis JS, Moriarty M, Melotti J, Maes R, Wise A, Thompson D, French S, Fitzgerald SD. Necrotizing Meningoencephalitis in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes). 2022 Davis-Thompson AAVLD diagnostic pathology      symposium: diseases of the nervous system. Neuropathology slide seminar oral presentation.

Ellis JS, Necrotizing Meningoencephalitis in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes). 2022 Davis-Thompson AAZV. Annual Zoo and Wildlife Pathology Workshop. Oral presentation. 

Ellis JS and MacGlover CA, Sondgeroth KS, Brown D, Daniels JB, Fox KA. Sinusitis and conjunctivitis in a    wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) associated with Avibacterium bacteria. 2022 Wildlife Disease Association Meeting. Poster presentation. 

Ellis JS, Wong T, Kubiski S. Acariasis in Gouldian finches. 2021 West Coast Veterinary Pathology Conference. Oral presentation.

Ellis JS, MacGlover CA, Sondgeroth KS, Brown D, Daniels JB, Fox KA.  Sinusitis and conjunctivitis in a wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) associated with Avibacterium bacteria. 2020 ACVP Annual Conference.   Poster Presentation.

Ellis JS, Mama K, Rao S, Sadler R, Marinkovich M, Clancey M, Howard L, Lamberski N, Kinney M. Comparison of a Single Versus Staged Two Dart Anesthesia Induction Protocol in Przewalski’s Horses      (Equus ferus przewalskii). 2020 AAZV Annual Conference. Oral Presentation. 

Ellis JS, Mama K, Rao S, Sadler R, Marinkovich M, Clancey M, Howard L, Lamberski N, Kinney M. Comparison of a Single Versus Staged Two Dart Anesthesia Induction Protocol in Przewalski’s Horses  (Equus ferus przewalskii). 2020 Colorado State University Research Day. Oral Presentation.

Ellis JS, Johnson V, Soontaratak S, Dow S. Activation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Stimulate Enhanced   Control of Inflammation, Wound Healing, and Osteoarthritis. 2018 National Summer Scholars Symposium. Poster presentation. 

Ellis JS, Johnson V, Soontaratak S, Dow S. Activation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Stimulate Enhanced   Control of Inflammation, Wound Healing, and Osteoarthritis. 2018 Colorado State University Summer Scholars Symposium. Poster presentation. CSU Summer Scholars Symposium. Poster presentation.