FCTS Veterinary and Animal Science Program

Sophomores continue exploring the various digestive systems, focusing on ruminants. We created our own mini-fermentation vat today to illustrate how bacteria in the rumen break down roughages to create gases 🐑🐐🐄

We beat the rain yesterday and visited .ma to learn about integrated, sustainable farming and some cute lambs that were *just* born!! 🐑🍇

Sophomores started their Digestive System unit this week, starting with the Pseudoruminant (hind gut fermenters). This group of animals includes horses, rabbits, and guinea pigs! A big thank you to rep Sarah for discussing equine nutrition and hay testing with our students!

Ninth graders started their large animal unit this week, and having been learning about production animal management. We’ve bolused goats, trimmed hooves, and today learned about forms of identification like ear notching and tagging! 🐐🐷🐮

visited yesterday and we couldn’t be more appreciative of the amazing lesson they put together for our ninth and eleventh graders! They brought the most beautiful animal ambassadors to explain their program’s mission and taught us common behavior and body language signs of snakes, and taught students their process for animal intake at their facility in New Hampshire. Thank you so much! 🙏🐍

Day Two of State Convention is underway! Our members have worked hard to get here and are doing a great job representing our chapter!

A HUGE thank you to Melinda for taking time out of their busy day to host our 10th and 12th grade field trip today. The students loved learning more about this career path and got to meet some of the adorable clients! 🐾

Always a pleasure to hear what has been doing to support agriculture across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. how many members can you spot behind her? 💙💛

Molly and Hannah built a successful lung model, showing the role of the diaphragm in mammals 🫁

Happy Valentine’s Day from some of our favorite sweethearts ♥️🐾