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David S. Rotstein, DVM, DACVP


Assistant Professor
Department of Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4542
Phone: (865) 974-8205
FAX: (865) 974-5616
Email

Education

  • B.S. - Florida State University, Biology. 1987.
  • D.V.M. - University of Florida. 1992.
  • M.P.V.M. - University of California Davis. 1997.
  • M.S. - University of Florida. 2000.
  • Pathology Training - University of Miami, University of Florida, and North Carolina State University.

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University. 2001-2003.
  • Small, Mixed and Exotic Practice. 1992-2000.
  • Diagnostic Veterinary Manager, Florida Freshwater Fish and Wildlife Commission, Florida Panther Restoration Project. 1994-1999.

Board Certification

  • Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathology. 2002.

Teaching

  • General Pathology.

Clinical Interests

  • Exotics, Widlife, and Zoological Species
  • Ecotoxciology
  • Marine Animals (Fish, Invertebrates, Reptiles, and Mammals)

Research Interests

  • Soil Bioavailability of Malathion to Terrestrial Amphibians (BullFrogs and Salamanders) (EPA Grant).
  • Marine Mammals: Human Interactions (Prescott Grant).
  • Neoplasia of Wildlife, Zoo, and Exotics.

Publications

  • Rotstein, D. S., P. Govett, and B. Wolfe. Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a North American Black Bear (in review JZWD).

  • Harms, C., D. S. Rotstein, and A. Hahn. Struvite Penile Urethroliathis in a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps (in review JWD).

  • Smith, G., Rotstein, D. S., and C. Brownie. Fat Necrosisin a Goat (in review JVDI).

  • Devoe, R., D. S. Rotstein, J. Rotstein, and K. Spaulding... Urinary Bladder Incarceration and Infarction by an Intra-Abdominal Fat Pad in a Virginia Oppossum (Didelphis virgiania) (in review Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound).

  • Miller, D. L., S. K. Taylor, D. S. Rotstein, M. B.Plough, and P. Barr. Feline immunodeficiency virus in Florida panthers. (Final Revision, JZWD).

  • Zimmerman, B., D. S. Rotstein, and S. Jones. Granular Lymphoma in a Donkey. Vet Rec (accepted).

  • Govett, P., C. Harms, D.S. Rotstein, and G.Lewbart. Vertebral stabilization in two koi (Cyprinus carpio)(accepted Vet Rec).

  • Govett, P. D., D. S. Rotstein, R. DeVoe, and G. A. Lewbart. Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). (In revision: Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery).

  • Rotstein, D.S., G. Lewbart, K. Hobbie, J. Kishimori, and C. Brownie. Suspected Oak (Quercus) Toxicity in a Sulcata Tortoise. (Accepted: Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery).

  • Bonifant, C., C. Harms, D. Rotstein, and G. Lewbart. 2002. Surgical Removal of a Coelomic Mass in a Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer deserticola. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 12: 27-29.

  • Pressler, B. M, D. S. Rotstein, and J. M. Law. 2002. Hypercalcemia and high parathyroid hormone-related protein concentration associated with malignant melanoma in a dog. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 221: 263-265.

  • Jaeger, G., D. S. Rotstein, and M. Law. Prostatic pythiosis in a Rottweiller. 2002. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine16: 598-602.

  • Rotstein, D. S., S. Taylor, M. Roelke, A. Birkenhauer, and B. Homer. 2002. A retrospective study of proliferative and papillary vulvitis in Florida panthers. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 38:115-123.

  • Rotstein, D. S., T. R. Schoeb, M. B. Brown, H. F.Percival, L. M. Davis, T. C. Glenn, and T. S. Gross. 2002. Detection by microsatellite analysis of early embryonic mortality in alligators of Lake Apopka, Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38: 160-165

  • Chittick, B., D.S. Rotstein, and T. Brown. Pyometra and uterine adenocarcinoma in a Coati after megesterol implantation. 2001. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 32: 245-251.

  • Taylor, S.K., M.E. Roelke-Parker, C. D. Buergelt, B. L. Homer, and D. S. Rotstein. 2002. Causes of mortality of free-ranging Florida panthers. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38:107-114.

  • Rotstein, D. S., S. Taylor, G. D. Bossart and D. Miller. 2000. Dissecting aortic aneurysm in a free-ranging Florida panther. 2000. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 31: 208-210.

  • Rotstein, D. S., S. Taylor, J. Bradley, and E. Breitschwerdt. 2000. Prevalence of Bartonella henselae antibody in Florida panthers. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36:157-160.

  • Rotstein, D. S., S. Taylor, J. W. Harvey, and J. Bean. 1999. Hematologic effects of Cytauxzoonosis in Florida panthers and Texas cougars in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35:613-617.

  • Rotstein, D. S., R. Thomas, K. Helmick, S. B. Citino, S.K. Taylor, and M. Dunbar. 1999. Dermatophyte infections in free-ranging Florida panthers (Felis concolor coryi). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 30: 281-284