Animal Husbandry II - Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK)

Animal Husbandry II Online Course.100 Hours Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK).

Home Study Animal Husbandry Course. Treating and preventing ill health in animals is important for all people who work with them. Learn how diseases are classified, to recognise signs and symptoms of common diseases and how to treat these diseases and wounds.

This Online course will also introduce methods used to prevent ill health developing. Ideally, students will have completed Animal Husbandry I before beginning this course.

Benefits of an ADL Endorsed Course?

Endorsed courses are skills based. They have been evaluated and approved by an independent awarding body such as Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).

What makes ADL’s Endorsed courses different?

• Flexible Self-Paced Learning– adjust your learning around your home and work commitments
• Start and Finish at any time
• Courses globally and industry relevant
• Practical Component at the end of most lessons.

Allocated your own tutor relevant to your subject. You can have as little or as much contact as you like with your tutor. They are there to support you all the way through.

This course is endorsed by TQUK -Training Qualifications UK, an OFQUAL awarding body.

Lesson Structure:

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
• Tick-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 Inflammation

• 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
• Immunity

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 academy, marked by the academy's tutors and returned to you with feedback, any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Animal Enthusiasts, Animal Breeders, Agriculturalists, Farmers

A pc or laptop with internet connection.

An excellent starting point for working with animals in any situation (farms, pets, zoos, wildlife, animal protection). Learn at your own pace through distance learning. It is also an excellent vocational pathway towards employment in the Veterinary industry.