Faculty

Richard E. Fish, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor, Laboratory Animal Medicine, & Director, Laboratory Animal Resources

PhD, Animal Science (physiology, nutrition), University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, 1981

DVM, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1981

MS, Animal Nutrition, Rutgers University, 1975

BS, Animal Science, Cornell University, 1972

Phone: 919.513.6480
FAX: 919.513.6283
Email: rick_fish@ncsu.edu

Specialty

Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

Professional Experience & Qualifications

• 1988-98: Assistant and Associate Director, Office of Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia; Adjunct Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
• 1984-88: Campus Veterinarian, Tulane University School of Medicine and Main Campus
• 1981-84: NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans

Currently:

• Director, Laboratory Animal Resources, NCSU CVM
• North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research, Executive Committee
• American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Board of Directors
• Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science, Scientific Review Board

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Research Area

Research Interests: Animal resource management; laboratory animal anesthesia and analgesia.

Selected Publications

Fish, RE and EW Swanson. 1983. Effects of excessive iodine administered in the dry period on thyroid function and health of dairy cows and their calves in the periparturient period. J Anim Sci 56:162-172.

Fish, RE and JA Spitzer. 1984. Continuous infusion of endotoxin from an osmotic pump in the conscious, unrestrained rat: A unique model of chronic endotoxemia. Circ Shock 12:135-149.

Fish, RE, CH Lang, and JA Spitzer. 1986. Regional blood flow during continuous, low-dose endotoxin infusion. Circ Shock 18:267-275.

Fish, RE and C Besch-Williford. 1992. Reproductive disorders in the rabbit and guinea pig. IN RW Kirk and JD Bonagura (eds): Current Veterinary Therapy XI, pp. 1175-1179. WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia.

Ermeling, BL, EK Steffen, RE Fish, and RR Hook. 1992. Evaluation of the subcutaneous chamber as an alternative to conventional methods of antibody production in the chicken. Lab Anim Sci 42:402-407.

McLaughlin, RM and RE Fish. 1994. Clinical biochemistry and hematology. IN PJ Manning, DH Ringler, and CE Newcomer (eds): The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit, 2nd ed, pp. 111-127. Academic Press, Orlando.

Fish, RE, MC Hogan, JA Wright, and JA Walls. 1994. Planning and support for experimental cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation studies. IN AC Smith and MM Swindle (eds): Research Animal Anesthesia, Analgesia and Surgery, pp. 147-157. Scientists Center for Animal Welfare, Greenbelt, MD.

Fish, RE. 1997. Pharmacology of injectable anesthetics. IN GJ Benson, SK Wixson, WJ White, and DF Kohn (eds): Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, pp. 1-28. Academic Press, New York.

Kriesburg, N and RE Fish. 2001. Animal subjects in research - an overview. [internet] Module IV in the Research Ethics Initiative, NCSU. http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/Grad/ethics/modules/animal_subjects.pdf

Fish, RE. 2003. How to work with your institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC). [internet] http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jherkert/ori/iacuc.htm Mini-lesson on the Contemporary Values, Science and Animal Subjects in Research web site, http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jherkert/ori/ funded by a grant from the Office of Research Integrity.

Fish, RE. 2003. Humane care and use of animals in research. [internet; free registration] http://www.ncsu.edu/project/ungradreshhmi/evaluationModule/login.php Part of a project funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for the purpose of introducing undergraduate students to research; produced under the direction of George Barthalmus, Director of Undergraduate Research, NCSU.

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