Learn the 11 things you must know about disease classification, causes and diagnosis of disease, fever and immunity, tissue repair, inflammation, cell changes and more.
This course gives you a solid introduction to animal health with a focus on agricultural animals. Learn to examine animal health, explain various conditions and distinguish the suitable treatments and responses to a range of more common complaints or illnesses. This course is different from our other online animal health courses in that its main focus is practical skills for managing health issues in agricultural animals.
This course is suitable for anyone involved in animal husbandry. However, it is not suitable for veterinary nursing.
Benefits:
- 100 hours
- Online and self-paced
- 12 months to complete
- Printed Notes Available
- Get expert tutor support from practicing Australian Vets.
Course Aims:
- Explain common health problems affecting animals, including the circumstances under which animals contract health problems, and methods used to prevent the development of ill health.
- Analyse physical indicator symptoms of ill health in animals.
- Determine the taxonomic class of animal pests and diseases.
- Explain the diagnostic characteristics of the main types of animal pathogenic microorganisms.
- Explain the methods used in the treatment of pests and diseases in farm animals.
- Explain the role of inflammation, including its symptoms and causes, in animals.
- Explain the biological processes which affect and control the immune system in animals.
- Explain the biological processes which affect and control tissue repair in animals.
- Determine procedures for the management of wounds to animals, on a farm.
- Explain the processes involved in cellular change in animals.
- Diagnose simple health problems in farm animals.
There are 10 Lessons in this course:
1. Introduction to Animal Health
2. Signs & Symptoms of Diseases
3. Disease Classification
4. Causes and Diagnosis of Disease
5. Treatment of Disease
6. Inflammation
7. Fever and Immunity
8. Tissue Repair
9. Wounds
10. Cell changes