Animal Health Care 100 Hours Certificate Course

There are 12 lessons:

1. Introduction to Animal Health Care
   • animal welfare and control
   • veterinary services
   • code of practice
   • transporting animals
2. Common Health Problems
   • causes of ill health
   • injury
   • conditions
   • nutritional problems
   • living organisms
   • parasites
   • family pets common conditions
   • dogs
   • cats
   • caged birds
   • aquarium fish
   • mice
   • wild animals common conditions
   • reptiles
3. Animal Behaviour
   • communication in dogs
   • scent
   • barking
   • body language
   • handling cats
   • bird language
   • types of behavior
   • time orientation
   • space orientation
   • territorial behavior
   • aggression
   • horse psychology
4. Signs of Ill Health
   • vital signs
   • the healthy animal
   • signs & symptoms of diseases
   • recognising ill health
   • diagnosis of diseases
   • taking smears
   • taking tissue samples
   • diagnosis and control of different types of diseases including
   • viruses
   • bacteria
   • protozoa
   • parasites
   • mites
   • fleas
5. Veterinary Facilities
   • first aid kit
   • record management
   • enclosure for animals
   • environmental requirements
6. Safety Procedures
   • duty of care
   • lifting heavy weights
   • reducing back injury
   • protective equipment
   • dealing with chemicals
   • skin penetrating injuries
   • risk categories
   • separating animals
   • disposal of dead/infected tissues
   • dangerous non-animal wastes
   • storage and handling of medicines
   • handling larger animals
7. Administration of Animal Health
   • animal insurance
   • quarantine
   • importing animals
   • managing a veterinary office
   • telephone usage
   • record keeping
   • filing information
8. Animal First Aid
   • types of wounds
   • cuts
   • punctures
   • tears
   • treating and cleaning wounds
   • granulating wounds
   • stitching a wound
   • bone and joint problems
   • broken bones
   • tendon injury
   • poisoning
   • restraining animals during first aid
   • restraining cats
   • restraining dogs
   • restraining horses
   • restraining cattle
   • restraining sheep
9. Preventative Health Care
   • diet
   • insect control
   • dip
   • vaccinate
   • avoid stressing livestock
   • vaccination
10. Routine Health Treatments
    • de-sexing
    • castration
    • vasectomy
    • spaying
    • tubal ligation
    • castration of cats
    • dogs
    • pregnancy
    • gestation periods
    • euthanasia
    • anaesthesia and analgesia
    • preparing an animal for surgery
    • sterilising equipment
    • castrating a colt
11. Health Problems in Domestic Pets
    • burns
    • urinary tract infections;
    • shock
    • electrolytes
    • ticks
    • reptiles
    • fish problems
12. Rehabilitation Care
    • animal nursing
    • planning a recovery