Engaging with Animals and Academia
Q & A with Wellesley (Kosak) Carminati, department manager, Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology
About
Who We Are
Tufts Veterinary Field Service is a mixed, large animal veterinary practice with a joint focus on clinical service (preventing and treating illness) and teaching aspiring veterinary students from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Based in Woodstock, CT, our faculty and staff care for nearly 55,000 animals annually: including. approximately 49,000 bovines on over 70 dairy farms, 2,700 equines, and 2,500 small ruminants.
What We Do
Teaching and service are core to our mission. Our faculty promotes the health and well-being of farm animals through prevention and treatment of disease, enhances the viability and sustainability of livestock-based farms and develops veterinary students’ knowledge of large animal medicine.
Featured Stories
Welcome Jackie Lee Graber
Woodstock, Connecticut native returns home with appointment as assistant clinical professor in Department of Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology
Welcome Dr. Julia Berger, V20
Alum appointed assistant clinical professor in Department of Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology
Exploring Sialidosis in Sheep
NIH grant enables collaborative research between Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and UMass Chan Medical School
How Animal Reproductive Medicine Helps with Breeding, Conservation of Species
A new faculty member at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine hopes to inspire more veterinary students to join the specialty of theriogenology
Preserving Rare Livestock Breeds
Through artificial insemination of preserved germplasm, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine keeps rare livestock breeds from extinction