Scott Fritz

Clinical Assistant Professor of Toxicology

Degrees

PhD, Kansas State University, 2025
Diplomate, ABVT, 2022
DVM, Iowa State University, 2014

Contact

Office: M213 Mosier Hall
Phone: 785-532-0120
Email: scottfritz@vet.k-state.edu

Primary Teaching Responsibility

VAP 871 Veterinary Toxicology

Research Interests

Applied Veterinary Toxicology

Select Publications

Fritz, S.A.; Kleinhenz, M.D.; Ensley, S.M.; Gorden, P.J.; Zhang, Y.; Coetzee, J.F.; Apley, M.D. Determining the Persistence of Xylazine and Ketamine in Cattle Tissue Following a Simulated Rendering Process. Vet. Sci. 2025, 12, 740. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12080740
Andriy Tkachenko; Yang Chen; Marissa Petrey; Scott Fritz; Tim Walsh; David Rotstein; Megan R. Miller; Bruce Williams; Michael Dark; Matthew Kmet; Ravinder Reddy; Gregory Tyson; Sarah M. Nemser. A novel proficiency test to assess the animal diagnostic investigation process in identifying an unknown toxicant. Toxicology Reports, Volume 14, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2025.101925
Charnas SR, Walsh T, Tharp B, Fritz SA. Acute outbreak of polioencephalomalacia in adult beef cows on pasture associated with feeding broiler litter. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2025;37(2):385-388. doi:10.1177/10406387251315724
Alaina J Johnson, Wenli Li, Barbara I Dittrich, Aleah C Cole, Marie K Prodell, J Wesley Lyons, Scott A Fritz, Priscila Fregulia, Chi Chen, Chan Ho Kwon, Young Dal Jang, Effect of second iron injection on growth performance, hematological parameters, and fecal microbiome of piglets fed different dietary iron levels, Journal of Animal Science, Volume 103, 2025, skae371, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skae371
Fitzgerald AH, Zhang Y, Stewart S, Fritz SA, Lynch AM, Ramras M and Meola SD (2024) Flumazenil may improve gait and mentation in dogs presenting with marijuana toxicosis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11:1516181. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1516181
Fritz, S., Charnas, S., & Ensley, S. (2024). Filling a void by developing the next generation of toxicology experts. American Journal of Veterinary Research (published online ahead of print 2024). Retrieved Aug 20, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.24.07.0195
Fitzgerald AH, Davies RK, Zhang Y, Ensley S, Fritz S. Successful treatment of bifenthrin toxicosis using therapeutic plasma exchange. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (San Antonio). 2024 May-Jun;34(3):291-295. doi: 10.1111/vec.13377. Epub 2024 May 6. PMID: 38708999.
Hille MM, Fritz SA, Brown BC. Presumptive hepatogenous photosensitization in beef cattle winter grazing a cover crop containing Brassica spp. turnips. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2023;35(5):547-553. doi:10.1177/10406387231182984
Fritz, S. A., Ensley, S.M., Lawrence, J.R., Van Engen, N., Lin, Z., Kleinhenz, M.D., Wulf, L.W., Rice, S., Gorden, P.J., Peterson, J., Coetzee, J.F., (2023). Pharmacokinetics, Milk Residues, and Toxicological Evaluation of a Single High Dose of Meloxicam Administered at 30 mg/kg per os to Lactating Dairy Cattle. Veterinary Sciences. 10(4): 301.
Stonecipher, C. A., Green, B.T., Welch, K.D., Gardner, D.R., Fritz, S.A., Cook, D., Pfister, J.A., (2022). Mineral-salt supplementation to ameliorate larkspur poisoning in cattle. Journal of Animal Science 100(5): 01-14.
Fritz, S. A., Ensley, S.M., Njaa, B.L., (2021). Case report: Bovine ethylene glycol toxicosis. The Bovine Practitioner 55(2): 104-107.
Fitzgerald, A. H., Zhang, Y., Fritz, S.A., Whitehouse, W.H., Brabson, T., Pohlman, L., Cernicchiaro, N., Tonozzi, C., Ensley, S.M., (2021). Detecting and quantifying marijuana metabolites in serum and urine of 19 dogs affected by marijuana toxicity. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 33(5): 1002-1007.