Course Description: 1 Credit

This course is designed to review veterinary practices as they relate to both large and small animal species. Students can receive the Certified Veterinary Assistant Level 1 Certification after completion of the course, a 300 hour internship, and a passing grade on the state test.

Prerequisite: Small Animal Management and Equine Science or Livestock Production

Units

1. Careers & Skills& Current Topics In Veterinary Medicine

2. Veterinary Hospital Management & Marketing

3. Veterinary Terminology & Animal Management

4. Body Systems

5. Mathematical Calculations in Veterinary Medicine

6. Animal Diseases & Health

7. Operating and Maintaining Equipment

8. Nutritional Requirements

9. Clinical Hematology

10. Hospital, Surgical, & Pharmacology Procedures