POWER OF ATTORNEY

June 2, 2021

	Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Catherine Powell and Jinee L. Majors, with full power of substitution,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Elanco Animal Health Incorporated
(the "Company") or as a stockholder of the Company or as a trustee of a
stockholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and Schedules 13D or 13G,
including amendments thereto, relating to the securities of the Company in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5 or Schedule 13D or 13G, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as each such attorney-in-
fact may approve in each such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-
fact, or each such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or liabilities that may arise
under, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 or Schedules 13D or
13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	This Power of Attorney shall not revoke any powers of attorney previously
executed by the undersigned. This Power of Attorney shall not be revoked by any
subsequent power of attorney that the undersigned may execute, unless such
subsequent power of attorney specifically provides that it revokes this Power
of Attorney by referring to the date of the undersigned's execution of this
Power of Attorney.

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	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.

James M. Meer
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Signature
James M. Meer