AHE 753 - Veterinary Assistant Training II

3 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s). Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to build and expand on the introductory course and further prepare for a job as a veterinarian assistant. Topics to be covered include learning animal restraint, animal nutrition, basic laboratory procedures and parasites. Prerequisite: instructor’s permission and successful completion of Veterinary Assistant Training I.

Upon compltion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. demonstrate various animal restraint techniques;

2. list important aspects of animal nutrition;

3. demonstrate proper patient education of nutrition;

4. identify major parasites and their transmission, treatment, prognosis, and symptoms; and

5. demonstarte the proper use of laboratory equipment to include slides and the microscope.