Tully, Jr., Thomas  N.
	Professor of Avian Medicine Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences  (7/1/1987)
	Wildlife and Exotic Animal Clinician, Certified Specialist
	Service Chief, Zoological Medicine, Veterinary Teaching Hospital & Clinics
	B.S., Louisiana State University, 1982 D.V.M., Louisiana State University, 1986 M.S., Louisiana State University, 1991
	Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Avian) Diplomate, European College of Zoological Medicine (Avian)

Email	ttully@vetmed.lsu.edu
Departmental Phone	225-578-9600
Clinical Service	Bird, Zoo, Exotic Medicine
Clinical Interests	Avian, zoo and exotic animal medicine Aviculture preventive medicine Dermatology (feather problems)
Research Interests	Nutritional research (avian) Infectious disease, vaccine/diagnostic tests Ratites
Biographic Sketch Thomas N. Tully, Jr., DVM, MS Diplomate ABVP (avian), ECAMS (Avian) LSU – School of Veterinary Medicine Professor and Chief Zoological Medicine LSU – Baton Rouge – BS – 1982 LSU – SVM – DVM -1986 LSU Graduate School – MS – 1991 AAV Activities Veterinary School Liaison Board of Director Scholarship Chairperson President 2005 - 2006 Thomas N. Tully, Jr., graduated from Louisiana State University in 1982 with a BS degree in Animal Science. After receiving his DVM degree from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in 1986 he practiced as an associate veterinarian at veterinary hospitals in Florida and Louisiana. Since 1987, he has been on the faculty at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine teaching in the Zoological Medicine Section of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. Currently Dr. Tully is a Professor in the Veterinary Clinical Science Department and is Hospital Section Chief of the Bird, Zoo and Exotic Animal Service. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Avian) and the European College of Zoological Medicine (Avian) . His MS degree in 1991 primarily involved studies on Chlamydophila psittaci diagnostic test evaluation for companion birds. He is currently involved in Chlamydophila psittaci diagnostic test and vaccine research, as well as, other avian clinical investigations. He has served as the Scholarship Chairman for the Association of Avian Veterinarians, on the Board of Directors, Veterinary School Liaison, and President. Dr. Tully co-edited two books, Ratite Management, Medicine and Surgery and Avian Medicine, 2 issues of Veterinary Clinics of North America and co-authored the text, A Technicians Guide to Exotic Animal Care. He is also CoEditor-in-Chief of the Journal of Exotic Animal Medicine.
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