The Clinic provides rich learning opportunities for veterinary students to understand disease transmission between wildlife and people. The Clinic's large caseload allows veterinary students hands-on access to help treat birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles common to the Northeast. Students play an important role in the treatment and release of the animals as they learn to apply their clinical skills to real-life situations. A point of pride for Cummings School, Tufts Wildlife Clinic’s well-established faculty provide soon-to-be veterinarians an introduction to Wildlife Medicine and surgery while igniting a passion for those with interest in Wildlife medicine as a potential a career path.
Local Wildlife Rehabilitators rely on the medical and surgical experience of veterinarians. Through pairing education with wildlife clinical training, Tufts Wildlife Clinic provides students with skills that include positioning animals correctly for proper diagnostic tests, bandaging and wing wrap techniques, euthanasia, physical therapy, examinations, hematology testing, fixing a turtle shell, proper handling and restraint procedures, and radiographic interpretation.