Julie Gauthier

Julie Gauthier graduated from veterinary school at Michigan State University in 1993, earned a Master’s degree in public health from Yale University in 2002, and became board certified in veterinary preventive medicine in 2009.

Julie practiced large and small animal medicine for nine years in three different states; during that time, her favorite patients were chickens. Joining the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in 2002 gave Julie the opportunity to see all kinds of flocks, great and small, all over the world, in her work as a veterinary epidemiologist (an animal disease detective). On her small farm in North Carolina, Julie raises heritage breed chickens, ducks, and turkeys for exhibition, good food, and conservation of these vanishing breeds.