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    <periodOfReport>2018-10-20</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001739104</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Elanco Animal Health Inc</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ELAN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001752437</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Cabral Ramiro Martin</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2500 INNOVATION WAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GREENFIELD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>46140</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>See Remarks</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-10-20</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6979</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                    <value>7979</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right-to-Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>31.61</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-10-20</value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>21086</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-10-20</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Elanco Animal Health Inc. Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>21086</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>21086</value>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Grant of restricted stock units pursuant to the 2018 Elanco Stock Plan on October 20, 2018, vesting on October 20, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Grant of stock option pursuant to the 2018 Elanco Stock Plan on October 20, 2018, vesting on October 20, 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Executive Vice Presideent, Elanco International and Global Customer Value. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney for Ramiro Cabral</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael-Bryant Hicks, as Attorney-in-Fact for Ramiro M. Cabral</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-10-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
