David S. Rotstein, DVM, DACVP, Assistant Professor

Mailing Address: Department of Pathobiology College of Veterinary Medicine The University of Tennessee 2407 River Drive Knoxville, TN 37996-4542 Office: Tel: (865) 974-8205 FAX: (865) 974-5616 Email: Select One Education Professional Experience Board Certification Teaching Clinical Interests Research Interests Selected Publications ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY

 

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.

Selected 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 Necrosis in 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

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