James H Jones

James H Jones

Professor Emeritus

Surgical & Radiological Sciences

Office
101 EAPL, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
State Veterinary Licensure - Massachusetts
Accredited Veterinarian, US Department of Agriculture
Education
1972, , United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
1974, BS, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1974, BA, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1976, MS, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1979, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC
1983, DVM, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, Reducing the Risk of Heat-Related Illness in Western Agricultural Workers: Physiologic and Behavioral Factors, PI, Marc Schenker SOM; Jones PI for physiology portion of project (Principal Investigator), NIOSH
Principal Investigator, Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity and Thoroughbred Racing Performance, (Principal Investigator), Japan Racing Association
Co-Investigator, Western Center for Agricultural Health & Safety at UC Davis, Marc Schenker SOM (Principal Investigator), NIOSH
Principal Investigator, Development of Method to Quantify Net Anaerobic Power During Maximal Exercise, (Principal Investigator), Japan Racing Association
Principal Investigator, Efficacy of Furosemide Dosed 4- vs 24-Hours Pre-Race, Heather Knych, Rick M Arthur, James H Jones (Principal Investigator), Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation
Honors and Awards
1970 Vice Presidential appointment to United States Naval Academy
1974 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi
1974-76 Graduate research fellowship, Arizona Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
1978-79 Duke University Graduate School Research Award
1980 Visiting Scientist Fellowship, University of Cape Town, South Africa
1986 Scholander Award, American Physiological Society
1989 Keynote speaker, “New Directions In Comparative Physiology,” Brazilian Physiological Society, São Sebastião, Brazil
1994 Novel EMED Research Award, Ulm, Germany
1996 Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for outstanding undergraduate Honors thesis (faculty sponsor), Harvard University
2001 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
2006 Keynote speaker, 16th International Conference of Racing Analysts and Veterinarians, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Hochachka Memorial Speaker, 7th International Congress of Comparative Physiology & Biochemistry, Salvador, Brazil
2009 Keynote Speaker, 147th Annual Meeting, Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, Utsunomiya, Japan
2015 Keynote Speaker, 5th International Symposium for Taekwondo Studies, Chelyabinsk, Russia
2015 Tutorial Speaker, American College of Sports Medicine World Congress on the Basic Science of Exercise Fatigue, San Diego, CA
2015 Invited Lecturer, 12th World Congress of Veterinary Anaesthesiology, Kyoto, Japan
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2015 Wagner PD, Jones JH, Longworth KE : Gas exchange at rest and during exercise in mammals, Parent RA, (ed), Comparative Biology of the Normal Lung, . 143-184.
2000 Oikawa M, Jones JH : Studies of the causes and effects of transport-associated stress and shipping fever in athletic horses, Kohn, CW, (ed), Guidelines for Horse Transport by Road and Air, New York. 25-62, 117-23.
1998 Jones JH : Symmorphosis and the mammalian respiratory system: what is optimal design and does it exist?, Weibel ER, CR Taylor and L Bolis, (ed), Principles of Animal Design: The Optimization and Symmorphosis Debate, New York. 241-8.
1994 Jones JH : Circulatory function during exercise: integration of convection and diffusion, , Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine, San Diego. 217-51.
1993 Jones JH, Birks EK, Pascoe JR : Factors limiting aerobic performance, JEPW Bicudo, (ed), The Vertebrate Gas Transport Cascade:Adaptations to Environment and Mode of Life, Boca Raton, FL. 169-78.
Research Focus

Comparative physiology: respiratory, cardiovascular, exercise, metabolic, environmental, temperature regulation, allometry, biomechanics. Equine exercise physiology, sports medicine and transport stress.

Specialty Focus

Comparative Physiology

Ten Recent Publications

2015
Pypendop BH, Jones JH
Indexing cardiovascular and respiratory variables: allometric scaling principles

2014
le Jeune SS, Willams CA, Pypendop BH, Ohmura H, Jones JH
Does acupuncture acutely affect heart rate variability in horses?

2014
Crocker GH, Jones JH
Effects of oleic acid-induced lung injury on oxygen transport and aerobic capacity

2014
Crocker GH, Jones JH
Hypoxia and CO alter O2 extraction but not peripheral diffusing capacity during maximal aerobic exercise

2014
le Jeune SS, Jones JH
Prospective study on the correlation of positive acupuncture scans and lameness in 102 performance horses

2013
Ohmura H, Matsui A, Hada T, Jones JH
Physiological responses of young Thoroughbred horses to intermittent high-intensity treadmill training

2013
Hawkins MG, Malka S, Pascoe PJ, Solano AM, Kass PH, Ohmura H, Jones JH
Evaluation of the effects of dorsal versus lateral recumbency on the cardiopulmonary system during anesthesia with isoflurane in red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis)

2013
Dlugosz EM, Chappell MA, Meek TH, Szafranska P, Zub K, Konarzewski M, Jones JH, Bicudo JEPW, Nespolo RF, Careau V, Garland T
Phylogenetic analysis of mammalian maximal oxygen consumption during exercise

2013
Crocker GH, Toth B, Jones JH
Combined effects of inspired oxygen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide on oxygen transport and aerobic capacity

2012
Ohmura H, Hobo S, Hiraga A, Jones JH
Changes in heart rate and heart rate variability during transportation of horses by road and air