Eugene C. White
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental and Population Health
Director, Tufts Ambulatory Service
Phone: 860-974-2780
Fax: 860-974-2578
Email: eugene.white@tufts.edu
Education
DVM - New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell - 1995
BS - University of New Hampshire - 1991
Board Certification
American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Dairy Practice Category
General Research Interest
Alternative therapies for bovine mastitis. Studying alternative ways to
make agriculture more profitable and therefore more sustainable in New
England
Research Sponsor Interest
- Privately Funded Research
- Federally Funded Research
Selected Research Projects
The use of Staphylococcus xylosus to treat Staphylococcus aureus mastitis in dairy cows. A pilot study to determine if the in vitro ability of Staphylococcus xylosus to kill Staphylococcus aureus will work in cases of bovine mastitis.
A Pilot Study of Alternative Ways to Raise Veal calves. This study will examine the feasibility and profitability of alternative, more humane, methods of raising veal calves.
Research and Clinical Interests
Bovine ambulatory medicine and surgery
Mastitis
Veal
Sustainable Agriculture
Selected Publications
White EC, Briles WE, Briles RW, and Taylor RL. Response of Six Major Histocompatibility (B) Complex Recombinant Haplotypes to Rous Sarcoma. Poultry Science 1994, 73:836-842.
White EC and Hinckley LS. Prevalence of Mastitis Pathogens in Goat Milk. Small Ruminant Research 1999, 33:117-121.
White EC and de Lahunta A. Narcolepsy in a Ram Lamb. Veterinary Record 2001, 156-157.
White EC and Saperstein G. Congenital Defects and Hereditary Diseases in Goats. Large Animal Internal Medicine, Brad Smith editor. Third Edition.
White EC. Biosecurity for Small Ruminant Dairies. Booklet of the Dairy Practices Council (Currently in publication)
White EC. Caprine Dehorning. Chapter in forthcoming Large Animal Surgery. S Fubini and N Ducharme editors