Derek Fong, DVM
Associate Professor, Pathology

Publications

• Taylor JZ, Fong DL, Habenicht LM, Fink MK, Leszczynski JK, Frank DN, Kofonow JM, Robertson CE, Nicklawsky AG, Schurr MJ, Manuel CA. Effects of Extended Cage Component Sanitation Interval on the Microenvironment, Health, and Gastrointestinal Microbiome of Rats (Rattus norvegicus). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2023 May 1;62(3):212-221. PubMed PMID: 37072181
• Manuel CA, Johnson LK, Pugazhenthi U, Fong DL, Fink M, Habenicht LM, Leszczynski JK, Diana IR, Schurr MJ, Frank DN. Effect of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis on Corynebacterium bovis Infection and the Skin Microbiome of Immunodeficient Mice. Comp Med. 2022 Apr 1;72(2):78-89. PubMed PMID: 35379380
• Mitchell CM, Johnson LK, Crim MJ, Wiedmeyer CE, Pugazhenthi U, Tousey S, Tollin DJ, Habenicht LM, Fink MK, Fong DL, Leszczynski JK, Manuel CA. Diagnosis, Surveillance and Management of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus Infections in Chinchillas ( Chinchilla lanigera) . Comp Med. 2020 Aug 1;70(4):370-375. PubMed PMID: 32731906
• Pearson EC, Pugazhenthi U, Fong DL, Smith DE, Nicklawsky AG, Habenicht LM, Fink MK, Leszczynski JK, Schurr MJ, Manuel CA. Metaphylactic Antibiotic Treatment to Prevent the Transmission of Corynebacterium bovis to Immunocompromised Mouse Offspring. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2020 Nov 1;59(6):712-718. PubMed PMID: 32907697
• Mitchell CM, McGrath A, Beck B, Schurr MJ, Fong D, Leszczynski JK, Manuel CA. Low-cost, Small-scale Decontamination of Laboratory Equipment by Using Chlorine Dioxide Gas. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2019 Sep 1;58(5):569-576. PubMed PMID: 31466553
• McCullagh EA, McCullagh P, Klug A, Leszczynski JK, Fong DL. Effects of an Extended Cage-change Interval on Ammonia Levels and Reproduction in Mongolian Gerbils ( Meriones unguiculatus ). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2017 Nov 1;56(6):713-717. PubMed PMID: 29256365
• Kedl RM, Wysocki LJ, Janssen WJ, Born WK, Rosenbaum MD, Granowski J, Kench JA, Fong DL, Switzer LA, Cruse M, Huang H, Jakubzick CV, Kosmider B, Takeda K, Stranova TJ, Klumm RC, Delgado C, Tummala S, De Langhe S, Cambier J, Haskins K, Lenz LL, Curran-Everett D. General parity between trio and pairwise breeding of laboratory mice in static caging. J Immunol. 2014 Nov 15;193(10):4757-60. PubMed PMID: 25381356
• Stockinger DE, Fong DL, Vogel KW, Durning WM, Torrence AE, Rose TM, Staheli JP, Baldessari A, Murnane RD, Hukkannen RR. Oral squamous cell carcinoma in a pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina). Comp Med. 2014 Jun;64(3):234-9. PubMed PMID: 24956217
• Fong DL, Torrence AE, Vogel KW, Stockinger DE, Nelson V, Murnane RD, Baldessari A, Kuller L, Agy M, Kiem HP, Hotchkiss CE. Transmission of Chagas disease via blood transfusions in 2 immunosuppressed pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina). Comp Med. 2014 Feb;64(1):63-7. PubMed PMID: 24512963