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New Bolton Center is a campus of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Since 1958, it has been located at the former South Brook Farm. Activities at New Bolton Center focus on large animal research, teaching and care. Founded in 1964 with contributions from equestrienne Esther du Pont Thouron and others, the campus hosts the New Bolton Center Large Animal Hospital, which handles approximately 4,000 patient visits per year; and the William B. Boucher Field Service, which provides in situ care to 37,000 animals at nearby farms. In addition to its role as one of the nation’s finest equine surgical facilities, New Bolton Center encompasses hospital facilities for the care of large animals and livestock as well as diagnostic laboratories serving the agriculture industry and the monitoring of emerging infectious disease. Prior to the opening of "New" Bolton Center in 1952, the old Bolton Mansion in Levittown was the site of the teaching farm for the School of Veterinary Medicine.

New Bolton Center received nationwide media attention when Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro underwent surgery at the Widener Hospital for multiple fractures to one of his ankles, suffered while running in the Preakness Stakes on May 20, 2006. Dr. Dean W. Richardson performed the surgery on Barbaro. Despite the long recovery, Barbaro took a turn for the worse in January 2007 and was euthanized on the 29th of that month.