Tashjian Robt J Vmd Animal Medical Center

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The American Veterinary Medical Frontiers, Inc. (AVMF), is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with international medical and veterinary cooperatives.
It is affiliated with the Robert J. Tashjian, V.M.D. Animal Medical Center in West Boylston, Massachusetts. AVMF has two divisions:
The Malden Brook Farm Heritage Center is devoted to historical preservation thought its orchards, farmland, wetlands, and fully restored vintage tractors and other vintage farm vehicles and equipment. Landmarks, buildings, equipment and memorabilia of this century-old farm trace the last 100 years of farming life and transportation in the rugged New England landscape.
"A Biosurveillance Center (ABC) at Malden Brook" will be a resource for preserving and observing a northern hardwood forest-ecosystem and associated aquatic ecosystems in central Massachusetts. The ecologic systems within the Malden Brook watershed will be the subject of continuous and detailed scientific study. ABC at Malden Brook will serve as an international cooperative research and educational facility for veterinarians, medical scientists, biologists, students and the public alike.
Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Most veterinary schools in the United States originated from Land Grant colleges in order to establish a sound basis of veterinary medicine, protecting our food source and life. Therefore, about 50 years ago, most veterinarians came from farm and agricultural backgrounds. Veterinarians who have lived and worked on the farms understand the interaction between wildlife and animals. They do not need to depend upon textbooks for this unique experience. However, this has changed.
The older concept of veterinarians traveling in trucks with coverall and boots from one farm to the other is part of a passing era in the profession. However, the practical first hand knowledge is vital to veterinary medicine. For decades, veterinarians in boots and coveralls traveled to Malden Brook Farm to treat the cows and other farm animals, and if any of the dogs and cats needed treatment, they were also included.
The challenges of veterinary medicine and agriculture in the 21st century are now different. Highways sub-divisions, air pollution, ground pollution, and water pollution are only part of the environmental challenges. Protecting the wildlife, now pushed into confined areas, becomes essential or in the next fifty years, future generations will no longer recognize where these animals and birds once lived. Veterinary practices can monitor disease problems and threats that effect both man and animals including domestic and wildlife. Included are such diseases as Lyme disease that can be transmitted by deer and infect dogs and humans, rabies, giardia in the water, arsenic in the water, and the list can continue of the relationship of environmental health as it relates to human and animal health.
The agricultural land can be productive and useful and can be more than a recreational and amusement park or a sub-division. Veterinary medicine should continue on the mission from which the veterinary schools were founded many decades ago.
The Malden Brook Farm programs are unique in that they include agriculture and are closely coordinated with veterinary medicine with the Robert J. Tashjian, V.M.D. Animal Medical Center that is part of this total concept of meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
AVMF is proud to be affiliated with the following organizations:
The Robert J. Tashjian, V.M.D. Animal Medical Center is an AAHA-approved animal hospital working in conjunction with the American Veterinary Medical Frontiers, Inc.
The Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (HVRI) is one of China's first research institutes of veterinary medicine. It is part of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)