Titles and Education

1. B.S., Colorado State University
2. DVM, Colorado State University
3. PhD, University of Georgia

Clinical Interests

Infectious disease, transboundary disease, ruminant pathology, wildlife pathology

Graduate Training

PhD - University of Georgia

Residency, Anatomic Pathology - University of Georgia

DVM - Colorado State University

Recent Publications

1. Mack Z.E., Clarke L.L., Buckles E.L., Demeter E.A. Klebsiella pneumoniae complex-associated peritonitis, lymphadenitis, and pyelonephritis in juvenile raccoons (Procyon lotor) under rehabilitator care in New York, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, USA. J Wildlif Dis, doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-24-00027, 2024
2. Caflisch E, Clarke L.L. Acute death, myocarditis, and myositis in a 7-month-old Angus heifer (Bos taurus) JAVMA  https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.24.02.0129, 2024
3. Patson C.N., Elsmo E.J., Garner M.M., Murray M.J., Trepanier L., Bronson E., Clarke L.L., Cox S.K., Thurber M.I. Fatal acute hemolysis following triazole therapy in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) J Zoo Wildl Med 55(2):479-489, 2024
4. Brown, K., Clarke L.L., Lien M., Mans C. Cutaneous histiocytosis in an Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) J Wildlif Dis 60(2):550-553, 2024
5. Ratliff C. Clarke L.L., Knych H.K., Morello S.L., Mans C. Plasma and tissue amikacin concentrations following regional limb perfusions of chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) J Avian Med Surg 38(2):91-97, 2024
6. Clarke L.L. Postmortem diagnoses and factors influencing diagnosis in captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Wisconsin 2009-2021. J Vet Diagn Invest 35(6):782-788, 2023
7. Deering K.M, Clarke L.L., Lennix S.V., Layne E., Long L., Businga N. Follicular dysplasia and hair loss in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Vet Pathol 60(6): 910-914, 2023
8. Rikker J., Clarke L.L., Demeter E.A., Miller D.A., Howerth E.W., Miller D.M., Rissi D.R. Histiocytic sarcoma with central nervous system involvement in cats. J Vet Diagn Invest 35(1):87-91, 2023
9. Clarke L.L., Ratcliff C., Mans C. Clinicopathologic findings in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) administered amikacin through intravenous regional limb perfusion. J Avian Med Surg 36(2):187-191, 2022
10. Clarke L.L., Ruder M.G., Carter D., Mead D., Stallknecht D.E., Howerth E.W. North American arboviruses and white-tailed deer: Associated disease and roles in transmission. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 22(8):425-442, 2022
11. Clarke L.L., Breuer R. Postmortem diagnoses in South American camelids of the upper Midwest USA and factors influencing diagnostic rate from 2009-2019. J Vet Diagn Invest 34(4):727-732, 2022 
12. Clarke L.L., Mead D., Ruder M.G., Carter D., Bloodgood J., Howerth E.W. Experimental infection of domestic piglets (Sus scrofa) with Rift Valley fever virus. Am J Trop Med Hyg 106(1):182-186, 2021 
13. Stillwell N.K., Clarke L.L., Howerth E.W., Kienzle-Dean C., Fojtik A., Hollander L.P., Carter D., Osborn D.A., D’Angelo G.J., Miller K.V., Stallknecht D.E., Ruder M.G. The effect of maternal antibodies on clinical response to infection with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in white-tailed deer fawns. J Wildlif Dis 57(1):189-193, 2021
14. Bollig N., Clarke L.L., Elsmo E., Craven M. Machine learning for syndromic surveillance using veterinary necropsy reports. PLoS ONE 15(2): e0228105, 2020
15. Clarke L.L., Hawkins I.K., Rissi D.R. Central nervous system diseases of cattle in Georgia, 2001-2017. J Vet Diagn Invest 31(4):588-593, 2019
16. Clarke L.L., Ruder M.G., Kienzle C.D., Carter D., Stallknecht D., Howerth E.W. Experimental infection of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with bluetongue virus serotype 3. J Wildlif Dis 55(3):627-636, 2019.
17. Clarke L.L., Ruder M.G., Mead D.G., Howerth E.W. Heartland virus exposure in white-tailed deer in the Southeastern United States, 2001-2015 Am J Trop Med Hyg 98(4):1194-1196, 2018
18. Clarke L.L., Niedringhaus K.D., Carmichael K.P., Keel M.K., Fenton H. Congenital ocular abnormalities in free-ranging white-tailed deer. Vet Pathol 55(4):584-590, 2018
19. Clarke L.L., Ruder M.G., Mead D., Howerth E.W. Experimental infection of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Heartland virus. Am J Trop Med Hyg 98(4):1194-1196, 2018