Dr. J. Mitchell Lockhart Associate Professor of Biology Valdosta State University Bio-Chem Building Room 2029, Phone – Background B.A., 1989, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas M.S., 1992, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Ph.D., 1996, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Post. Doc., – Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia Current Courses Taught BIOL2010 – Unifying Principles of Biology BIOL2270 – General Zoology BIOL2651 – Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL2652 – Anatomy and Physiology II BIOL4300 – Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy BIOL4950 – Directed Study Research Interests Wildlife Disease Epizootiology and Vector-Borne Disease Ecology External Research Collaborators Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia Warnell School of Forest Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia Tall Timbers Research Station, Leon County, Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Department of Comparative Pathology, The University of Miami, Miami, Florida National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa Current Research Projects Projects include: 1.Upper Respiratory Tract Disease Analysis 2.Plasma Chemistry Analysis 3.Demography Studies 4.Salmonella Studies 5. Population Genetic Analysis Projects include: 1.Canine Distemper Virus Analysis 2.Trypanosoma cruzi Analysis 3.Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Studies 4.Macracanthorhynchus ingens studies 5.Gnathostoma procyonis studies 6.Toxoplasma gondii studies 7.West Nile Virus studies Projects include: 1.Canine Distemper Virus Analysis 2.Trypanosoma cruzi Analysis 3.Feline Leukemia Virus Studies 4.Toxoplasma gondii Studies Projects include: 1.Heartworm Analysis 2.Toxoplasma gondii Studies Graduate Student(s) Dallas Ingram, B.S., University of Georgia Thesis Topic: Wild Turkey Disease Surveillance in Association With Emerging Poultry Industry in South Georgia. Student Groups Faculty Sponsor for Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Medical Professions Honor Society, 1999-current Projects include: 1.Trypanosoma cruzi Analysis 2.Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Studies 3.Neospora caninum studies 4.Toxoplasma gondii studies Projects include: 1.Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Studies 2.Abomasal Parasite Studies Projects include: 1.Parasite Survey Projects include: 1.Trypanosoma cruzi Analysis Recent Directed Study Projects 1.Laura Sesto, Art Department, “Wildlife Anatomy”, Fall Semester, Christopher Powell, Biology Department, “Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Borrelia in Mammals”, Spring semester, David Mederos, Biology Department, “Gopher Tortoise Genetics”, Fall semester, Krista Cox, Biology Department, “Canine Distemper Virus in Mesomammals”, Fall semester, Jessica Gillis, Biology Department, “Trypanosoma cruzi in Opossums” Fall semester, Berrien Waters, Biology Department, “Trypanosoma cruzi in Raccoons”, Summer semester, Projects include: 1. Wild Turkey Disease Surveillance in Association with Emerging Poultry Industry in South Georgia. Recent Publications 1. Yabsley, M.J., V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, S.E. Little, J.M. Lockhart, J.E. Dawson, and W.R. Davidson Evaluation of a prototype Ehrlichia chaffeensis surveillance system using white- tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels. Vector- Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 3: Davidson, W.R., J.M. Lockhart, D.E. Stallknecht, E.W. Howerth, J.E. Dawson, and Y.Richaev Persistent Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: Recent Presentations 1. Cox, K.A., and J.M. Lockhart Canine distemper virus in southwest Georgia raccoons. Eighty First Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science. Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia. April 1-2, Waters, B., and J.M. Lockhart Trypanosoma cruzi in southwest Georgia raccoons. Eighty First Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science. Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia. April 1-2, Gillis, J.L., and J.M. Lockhart Trypanosoma cruzi in southwest Georgia opossums. Eighty First Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science. Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia. April 1-2, Mederos, D.I., J.F. Elder, G. Lee, and J.M. Lockhart Population genetics of gopher tortoises at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Eighty First Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science. Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia. April 1-2, Lockhart, J.M Initial disease studies of mesomammalian predators of bobwhite- quail. Annual Fall Meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Flinchum’s Phoenix, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. September 14-15, Partin, C.N., J. M. Lockhart, and J. Wedincamp, Jr (presenter) Survey of the ectoparasites of the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in southeastern Georgia. Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science. Reinhardt College, Waleska, Georgia, March 21-22, During, R., A. Howard, J.M. Lockhart, and A.A. Johnson Mermithid nematode genetic analysis. Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science. Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, March 22-23, Lockhart, J.M., G. Lee, M.D. Brown, N.P. Barber Studies of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) at a south Georgia military installation. Twenty-third annual meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, October 26-27, 2001.