David Gasper

I'm a veterinary pathologist focused diseases of exotic companion aniimals, zoo animals, and widlife.

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David J. Gasper, DVM, PhD is veterinary anatomic pathologist and immunologist with residency training and professional experience in the diagnostic pathology of zoo & wildlife diseases.  Dr. Gasper is the owner of Pacific Zoo & Wildlife Diagnostics, and Chief of Exotic Companion Animal, Zoo Animal and Wildlife Pathology at Animal Reference Pathology (ARP), LLC.   Marine mammal, avian wildlife, and elasmobrach pathology account for approximately 2/3 of his practice, with the remainder composed of a variety of exotic companion animals and non-human primates. Dr. Gasper’s diagnostic pathology interests include respiratory diseases of avian and mammalian speices, viral diseases of reptiles and amphibians, and general pathology of marine and aquatic species. His research focuses on antiviral T-cell immunology, T-cell vaccinology, and animal models of respiratory virus infection. His goal is to support global conservation efforts by using classical anatomic pathology, flow cytometry, and molecular immunology to understand how threats such as loss of genetic diversity, habitat, and food sources affect immunity and disease susceptibility in endangered species.  Dr. Gasper can be reached at http://pzwd.us  

Chief of Exotic Companion Animal, Zoo Animal, and Wildlife Pathology at Animal Reference Pathology, LLC

November 2015 - Present | Salt Lake City, UT

Owner & Anatomic Pathologist at Pacific Zoo & Wildlife Diagnostics

October 2015 - Present | San Diego, CA

Veterinarian - Anatomic Pathology Resident at San Diego Zoo Global

2010 - 2011

Veterinarian - Zoo & Wildlife Pathology Resident at Universtiy of California - Davis

July 2008 - September 2010

Zoo & Wildlife Pathology Resident at UC-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Dept of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology.

Associate Veterinarian at Orange Grove Animal Hospital

| Tucson, AZ

Associate veterinarian in a small animal and companion exotic animal practice.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

2011 – 2015

Ph. D. Immunology

Concentration: Immunology, biology of T-cell responses to respiratory virus infection

Activities: Comparative immunology and histopathology of ferrets experimentally infected with pandemic influenza A H1N1 1918 virus and CA04 virus. Design broadly-protective adjuvanted T-cell vaccines for influenza.

Kansas State University

2003 – 2007

D.V.M.

University of Arizona

2000 – 2003

B.S.

Concentration: Veterinary Science

University of Alabama in Huntsville

1991 – 1996

B.A.

Concentration: Psychology

Wildlife conservation, wildlife diseases, zoo animals, infectious disease, influenza, immunology, T-cell immunology, ferret models of human respiratory disease, T-cell vaccines