Doctor of Philosophy – University of Georgia, 1986

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine – Michigan State University, 1978 (with high honors)

Bachelor of Science – University of Florida, 1975 (with high honors)

• Avian Pathology
• Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis of Disease
• Neuropathology
• Regenerative Medicine
• Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
• Wildlife & Exotic Animal Diseases

Wildlife diseases

Infectious diseases

Oncology

Pathology

• ​Khoii MK, Howerth EW, Burns RB, Carmichael KP, Gyimesi ZS. Spontaneous neoplasia in four captive greater hedgehog tenrecs (Setifer setosus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39:392-7, 2008.
• Yabsley MJ, Ellis A, Stallknecht D, Howerth E. Characterization of sarcocystis from four species of hawks from Georgia, USA. J Parasitol 14:1, 2008.
• Munderloh U.G., M.J. Yabsley, S.M. Murphy, M.P. Luttrell, E.W. Howerth. Isolation and establishment of the raccoon Ehrlichia-like agent in tick cell culture. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 7:418-25, 2007.
• Ellis A.E, D.G. Mead, A.B. Allison, D.E. Stallknecht, E.W. Howerth. Pathology and epidemiology of natural West Nile viral infection of raptors in Georgia. J Wildl Dis 43:214-23, 2007.
• Murphy MD, Hanson BA, Howerth EW, Stallknecht DE. Molecular characterization of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotype 1 associated with a 1999 epizootic in white-tailed deer in the eastern United States. J Wildl Dis 42:616-24, 2006.
• Howerth EW, Mead DG, Mueller PO, Duncan L, Murphy MD, Stallknecht DE. Experimental vesicular stomatitis virus infection in horses: effect of route of inoculation and virus serotype. Vet Pathol 43:943-55, 2006.
• Tate CM, Mead DG, Luttrell MP, Howerth EW, Dugan VG, Munderloh UG, Davidson WR. Experimental infection of white-tailed deer with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, etiologic agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis. J Clin Microbiol 43:3595-3601, 2005.
• Ellis AE, Mead DG, Allison AB, Gibbs SE, Gottdenker NL, Stallknecht DE, Howerth EW. Comparison of immunohistochemistry and virus isolation for diagnosis of West Nile virus. J Clin Microbiol 43:2904-8, 2005.
• Howerth EW, Parlavantzas GS, Stallknecht DE. Replication of epizootic haemorrhagic disease and bluetongue viruses in DH82 cells. Vet. Ital 40:520-524, 2004.
• Johnson ME, Howerth EW. Survivin: A bifunctional inhibitor of apoptosis protein. Vet Pathol 41:599-607, 2004.
• Varela AS, Luttrell MP, Howerth EW, Moore VA, Davidson WR, Stallknecht DE, Little SE. First culture isolation of Borrelia lonestari, putative agent of southern tick-associated rash illness. J Clin Microbiol.42:1163-9, 2004.
• Mead DG, Gray EW, Raymond N, Murphy MD, Howerth EW, Stallknecht DE. Biological transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype) by Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae) to domestic swine (Sus scrofa). J Med Entomol 41:78-82, 2004.
• Additional publications by Dr. Howerth may be found at PubMed.