John F Roberts

John F Roberts,

Clinical Associate Professor – Anatomic Pathology

Department: Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine
Business Phone: (352) 294-4018
Business Email: john.roberts1@ufl.edu

Accomplishments

Lecturer in Anatomic Pathology
2018-2019 · Department of Pathobiology, Auburn University
Avian Diagnostic Specialist
2013-2018 · Alabama Dept. of Agriculture and Industries, Thompson Bishop Sparks State Diagnostic Laboratory
Associate Veterinary Pathologist
2012-2013 · Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park
Mammalian/General Diagnostic Pathologist
2008-2012 · Alabama Dept. of Agriculture and Industries, Thompson Bishop Sparks State Diagnostic Laboratory
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Infectious Disease and Pathology
2004-2008 · College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Veterinary Pathology, Necropsy, and Histopathology
1999-2003 · College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2019-2024
VEM5851 Adv. Anatomic Pathology Clerkship
2020-2021
VEM5110 Animal Systems 1
2020-2024
VEM5115 Veterinary Histology
2020-2024
VEM5154 Large Anim Parasitol
2019-2024
VEM5751 Anatomic Path Core Clerkship
2021-2024
VEM5165 Large Anim Pathology
2021-2024
VEM5162 Vet Pathology 2
2021-2023
VEM5111 Animal Systems 2
2022-2024
VEM5164 Small Anim Pathology
2022-2024
VEM5313 Poultry Diseases
2023
VEM5112 Animal Systems 3

Board Certifications

  • Diplomate
    American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Research Profile

— Diagnostic Anatomic Pathology

— Reproductive Pathology, Ovarian Follicular Dysplasia in Beef Cattle

— Commercial and Backyard Poultry Diseases

— Reptile Reproductive Diseases

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-5560-2469

Publications

2023
Bilateral palpebral reduction and concurrent mycoplasmosis in a wild Agassiz’s desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii).
Veterinary ophthalmology. 26(4):361-366 [DOI] 10.1111/vop.13089. [PMID] 37030880.
2023
Enterocyte-specific deletion of metal transporter Zip14 (Slc39a14) alters intestinal homeostasis through epigenetic mechanisms.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology. 324(3):G159-G176 [DOI] 10.1152/ajpgi.00244.2022. [PMID] 36537699.
2022
Bovine models for human ovarian diseases.
Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 189(1):101-154 [DOI] 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2022.02.001. [PMID] 35595347.
2022
Ultrasonographic and radiographic features of a true gastrogastric intussusception with spontaneous resolution in a cat.
Veterinary medicine and science. 8(6):2251-2255 [DOI] 10.1002/vms3.920. [PMID] 36005945.
2021
PERINATAL CENTRILOBULAR HEPATIC NECROSIS IN GIANT PANDAS (AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA): A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 52(3):926-938 [DOI] 10.1638/2016-0257. [PMID] 34687509.
2021
What is your diagnosis? Coxofemoral synovial fluid from a dog.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 50(3):459-461 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12930. [PMID] 34288005.
2020
Development and validation of 2 probe-hybridization quantitative PCR assays for rapid detection of a pathogenic Coxiella species in captive psittacines.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 32(3):423-428 [DOI] 10.1177/1040638720912221. [PMID] 32188352.
2011
Occlusion of the thoracic duct using ultrasonically activated shears in six dogs.
Veterinary surgery : VS. 40(7):802-10 [DOI] 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2011.00903.x. [PMID] 22380666.
2010
Developmental uterine anomalies in cats and dogs undergoing elective ovariohysterectomy.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 237(5):542-6 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.237.5.542. [PMID] 20807131.
2009
Consensus nested PCR amplification and sequencing of diverse reptilian, avian, and mammalian orthoreoviruses.
Veterinary microbiology. 133(1-2):34-42 [DOI] 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.06.011. [PMID] 18656318.
2008
Myxidium scripta n. sp. identified in urinary and biliary tract of Louisiana-farmed red-eared slider turtles Trachemys scripta elegans.
Diseases of aquatic organisms. 80(3):199-209 [DOI] 10.3354/dao01912. [PMID] 18814545.
2006
Biomechanical and histologic comparison of single-layer continuous Cushing and simple continuous appositional cystotomy closure by use of poliglecaprone 25 in rats with experimentally induced inflammation of the urinary bladder.
American journal of veterinary research. 67(4):686-92 [PMID] 16579763.
2006
Nocardioform placentitis with isolation of Amycolatopsis spp in a Florida-bred mare.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 228(8):1234-9 [PMID] 16618229.
2006
Theriogenology question of the month. Bleeding varicose veins.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 228(10):1507-10 [PMID] 16677118.

Grants

Sep 2023 ACTIVE
Developing a vaccine against spotty liver diseased caused by Campylobacter hepaticus in commercial layer chickens
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG NATL INST OF FOOD AND AG
Oct 2022 – Aug 2023
Identification and characterization of biomarkers for ovarian follicular dysplasia (OFD) in cattle
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL CATTLE ENHANCEMENT BOARD via FL DEPT OF AG AND CONSUMER SER
Sep 2022 ACTIVE
Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health & Safety (SCCAHS)
Role: Other
Funding: CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Education

Diplomate
2005 · American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Anatomic)
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
1994 · Auburn University
Bachelor of Science in Animal Dairy Science
1986 · Auburn University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-4018
Emails:
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100123
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
V3-149
GAINESVILLE FL 32608