Animal Husbandry II - Animal Health 100 Hours Certificate Course

There are 10 lessons:

1 Introduction to Animal Health

• Learn to describe common diseases affecting farm animals and the circumstances under which animals contract these diseases
• The healthy animal
• Causes of ill health
• Preventing ill health

2 Signs & Symptoms of Diseases

• The physical symptoms of diseases in farm animals
• Common methods of handling animals during health assessments
• Recognising ill health
• Restraining a horse
• Sheep handling facilities

3 Disease Classification

• Methods used in classifying animal diseases
• Viral diseases
• Bacterial diseases
• Parasitic diseases
• Protozoal diseases
• Disease types in beef cattle
• Diseases in sheep

4 Causes and Diagnosis of Disease

• The causes of disease and the relevant methods of diagnosis
• Examining cattle
• Examining a horse
• Ticks
• Ttick-borne diseases
• Diagnosis of diseases

5 Treatment of Disease

• Methods used in the treatment of diseases in farm animals
• Vaccination
• The animal first aid kit
• Tetanus antiserum
• Animal nursing
• Quarantine
• Slaughter
• Post mortem
• Disease prevention in cattle
• Disease prevention in sheep
• Treatment of parasites in sheep

6 Inflamation

• Outline the nature and causes of inflammation in farm animals
• The inflammatory response
• Causes of inflammation
• Types of inflammation
• Symptoms of inflammation
• Inflammatory exudate
• Treatment of inflammation

7 Fever and Immunity

• The biological mechanisms underlying fever and the immune system in farm animals
• The fever mechanism
• Other temperature related disorders
• Effect of temperature on enzymes
• Iimmunity

8 Tissue Repair

• The biological mechanisms underlying tissue repair in farm animals
• Healing of a clean incised wound
• Healing of an open wound
• Common horse ailments to recognise

9 Wounds

• The biological mechanisms of wounds in farm animals and address different treatment methods for repair of common ailments
• Types of wounds
• First aid treatments
• Bandaging horses
• Emergencies

10 Cell changes

• The causes and biological mechanisms of cell change in farm animals
• Neoplasms
• Tumours and cancers
• The cause of an infectious disease, death, cancers etc.

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Your learning experience with ADL will not only depend on the quality of the course, but also the quality of the person teaching it. This course is taught by Vicky Protopapadaki and your course fee includes unlimited tutorial support throughout. Here are Vicky's credentials:

Vicky Protopapadaki
MSc (Distinction) Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare (University of Edinburgh), BSc Business Administration (University of the Aegean), Cert. Companion Animal Behaviour (University of Edinburgh ), Cert. Animal Use and Care (University of Prince Edward Island).

Vicky’s passion for animals led her to obtain her MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare, despite her having a background in business and management. Apart from her personal experience with animals, she volunteers at various animal shelters around Greece and has done research on feline behaviour at the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada and on primate behaviour at Edinburgh Zoo. She is currently researching PhD opportunities in the field of animal ethics and studying entrepreneurship for the purpose of creating her own charity for animal protection in Greece.