Derek Foster, DVM, MSpVM, DACVIM
Instructor
Ruminant Health and Production Medicine
Office: Main Building,
D-249
Phone: 919.513.6885
Fax: 919.513.6464
Email: derek_foster@ncsu.edu
Education and Training
- Clinical Instructor, Ruminant Medicine
- BS in Animal Science: NC State, 1999
- DVM: NC State, 2004
- MSpVM: NC State, 2007
- Board Certification: Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Large Animal
Teaching
VMP 962—Ruminant Medicine and Surgery
VMB 923—Physiology II
VMP 970—Bovine Health Management
VMP 987—Ruminant Special Topics
VMP 956 -
Health Maintenance and Animal Production III
VMC 932—Principles of Surgery
Self Paced -- Brown Swiss #3048
Clinical and Teaching Interests
- Ruminant and camelid medicine and surgery
- Ruminant GI physiology
Research Interests
- Gastrointestinal physiology
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Ruminant Internal Medicine
- Colostrum management in calves
Selected Publications
GW Smith, MP Gerard, NB Campbell, DM Foster, SM Smith and JL Davis (2009) Third-compartment cannulation in alpacas using a polyurethane gastrostomy tube. Aust Vet J 510:487-491
Smith, GW, and Foster, DM. (2007). Absorption of protein and immunoglobulin G in calves fed a colostrum replacer. J Dairy Sci 90:2905-2908.
Foster, DM, Smith, G, Sanner, TR, and Busso, GV. (2006). Serum IgG and total protein concentrations in dairy calves fed two colostrum replacement products. J Am Vet Med Assoc 229:1282-1285.
Foster DM, Smith GW, Pandiri A, Blond L. Posterior paresis resulting from a vertebral body fracture in a bull.Bov Pract. 2008; 42(1):41-4.
Foster DM and Smith GW. Pathophysiology of Diarrhea in Calves, Veterinary Clinics of North America—Food Animal Practice. 2009; 25(1):13-36.
Extension and Engagement
NC Cooperative Extension Meeting, Johnston County, NC. Oct 2008. “Colostrum management in goats.”