Sneak Peek
Animal Health and Welfare Short Course
Self Paced 20-hour course to help you understand more about animal health and welfare.
Caring for animals properly starts with knowledge and awareness of the animal’s needs, and things that can threaten the animal’s wellbeing. This course can provide a very solid introduction to understanding animal health and welfare for any situation.
For pet owners, it will empower you to make better decisions about caring for your pets
- For anyone working on a farm or in a zoo, it will broaden and deepen your understanding of what is required in day to day work
- For anyone working with wildlife it will change the way you see the animals you encounter
- Anyone aspiring to work with animals will improve their knowledge, expand their awareness of employment opportunities, and put themselves in a better position to seek employment working with animals.
Our 20 hour courses are self paced and will help you understand a topic in a short amount of time. You can work through the course when you like- test yourself with mini-tests along the way. There are extra case studies or research you can undertake if you would really like to get into the topic. Once you have completed the lessons and self assessment tasks, there is a final exam undertaken online- you can then download your personalised certificate.
This course covers the following lessons:
CONTENTS
LESSON 1 INTRODUCTION
Considering Animal Ethics
Animal Rights
Animal Welfare
Health And Welfare
Providing Animal Health Care
Routine Health Treatments
LESSON 2 PREVENTING DISEASE AND INJURY
Health Checks And Observations
The Importance Of Good Nutrition
Watering
Exercise And Stimulation
Appropriate And Safe Environment
Controlling Pests And Diseases
Veterinary Prevention
Lesson 2 Additional Reading
Review What You Have Been Learning
LESSON 3 UNDERSTANDING & INSPECTING HEALTH ISSUES
Pathogens
Inspecting The Health Of Animals
Signs Of Ill Health
Differential Diagnosis
Lesson 3 Additional Reading
Review What You Have Been Learning
LESSON 4 ANIMAL FIRST AID
Types Of Wounds
Treating Wounds
Fly Control
Bone & Joint Problems
Poisoning
First Aid For Wildlife
Lesson 4 Additional Reading
Review What You Have Been Learning
LESSON 5 SOME COMMON ILLNESSES IN ANIMALS A-F
African Swine Fever
Allergies
Anaplasmosis
Anthrax
Aspergillosis
Arthritis
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Bacterial Infections
Bile Duct Obstruction
Bladder Stones
Blastomycosis
Bloat
Blue Tongue
Botulism
Bordetella (Respiratory Infection)
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Bse)
Brucellosis
BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhoea)
Camel Pox
Cancer
Cancer Eye
Candida
Canine Distemper
Cataracts
Chlamydiosis
Cholera
Chronic Murine Pneumonia (Murine Mycoplasmosis)
Coccidiosis
Colitis
Congestive Heart Failure
Conjunctivitis
Cryptococcosis
Cryptosporidiosis
Cystitis
Dermatitis
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellitus
Dermatophilosis
Dropsy (Fish)
E-Coli 0157
Ear Mites
Eczema
Egg Binding
Encephalitis
Enteritis
Epilepsy
Equine Encephalomyelitis
Equine Herpesvirus (Ehv)
Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (Eia)
Equine Influenza
Erysipelas (Swine)
External Parasites
Feline Asthma
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Feline Leukaemia Virus (Felv)
Fibrosis
Fish Fungus
Flea Anemia
Foot And Mouth Disease
Foot Rot
Lesson 5 Additional Reading
Review What You Have Been Learning
LESSON 6 SOME COMMON ILLNESSES IN ANIMALS G-N
Gastroenteritis
Giardia
Glaucoma
Grass Tetany
Heartworm
Heat Stress
Hip Dysplasia
Hookworm
Hendra Virus (Equine Morbillivirus Pneumonia)
Hydatid Disease
Hymenolepiasis
Hypertension
Hypothyroidism
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Ibd)
Internal Parasites
Intestinal Impaction (Snakes)
Kennel Cough
Laryngitis
Legionellosis (Pneumonia Or Mild Respiratory Illness)
Leptospiriosis
Leukaemia
Liverfluke (Fasciola Hepatica)
Listeriosis
Lumpy Jaw
Lyme Disease
Lymphocystis
Lymphoma
Malaria
Mange
Mastitis
Melioidosis
Metabolic Bone Disease (Reptiles)
Mouth Canker (Stomatis)
Mrsa Infection
Muscular Dystrophy
Mycotic Infection (Reptiles)
Myiasis
Necrotic Dermatitits (Scale Rot)
Newcastle Disease
Nipah Virus
Nitrate Poisoning
Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Lesson 6 Additional Reading
Review What You Have Been Learning
LESSON 7 SOME COMMON ILLNESSES IN ANIMALS O-Z
Obesity
Overgrown Teeth
Ovine Johne’s Disease (Ojd)
Pancreatic Disorders
Parvovirus
Pediculosis (Lice)
Peritonitis
Pneumonia
Poisoning
Polyomavirus
Pox Virus
Proventricular Dilation Disease (Pdd)
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Rabbit Calicivirus Disease
Rabies
Rhinitis
Rift Valley Fever (Rvf)
Ringworm
Scabies (Sarcoptic Mange)
Salmonellosis
Scours
Sendai Virus
Screw-Worm Fly
Streptococcal Infection
Surra
Swine Influenza (Hog Cholera)
Taeniasis
Tail And Fin Rot
Tetanus
Ticks
Toxic Plants
Toxoplasmosis
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (Tse)
Tuberculosis
Varroa Mite
Vesicular Stomatitis
Visceral Larval Migrans
West Nile Virus (Wnv)
White Spot (Ichthyophtirius Multifiliis)
Woody Tongue
Lesson 7 Additional Reading
Review What You Have Been Learning
FINAL ASSESSMENT
How does this course work?
You can enrol at any time.
Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.
There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need internet access to complete the self assessment tests.
At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60% pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it. If you do not achieve a 60% pass rate, you can contact us to re-sit your exam (email- admin@acs.edu.au )
Contact us at anytime if you have any issues with the course - admin@acs.edu.au