VETS 204 - Animal Care II

Credit Hours: 1
Lecture Hours: 0
Laboratory Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): VETS 183 and good academic standing

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

The Animal Care II course is designed to expose students to daily husbandry activities that may be encountered in a veterinary practice, animal research facility, or other allied animal health facility. This course is designed to give students instruction and practice in animal care/husbandry, team work with their peers, and experience teaching basic husbandry skills to 1st year students in the VST Program. Students complete the required care of the animals housed in the dog, cat, and pocket pet wards of Farnsworth Hall. Students will also perform any required treatments prescribed by the Attending Veterinarian. Other requirements include - participation in at least (4) hours in a “Community Service” activity preferred with an animal welfare organization but not required. In addition, students enrolled in the Animal Care II course will complete an animal Clicker Training Project. VETS 204 carries (1) Service Learning credit.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Complete the daily husbandry activities which may be encountered in a veterinary practice, animal research facility or other allied animal health facility.
Participate in public service activities/service-learning in their work and community and apply course concepts to real-world experience; have experience working with clients in a professional setting; and gain the ability to work across differences of background, culture, and personality.
Become a team leader when they work in a veterinary practice, animal research facility or other allied animal health facility. Develop and practice interpersonal/working relationships and management skills.
Become an active participant in community service activities throughout their life.
Communicate effectively, face-to-face, with-in and outside the veterinary field.
Provide Environmental Enrichment for caged animals in a veterinary clinic, animal research facility or other allied animal health facility. Students will also be able to provide recommendations for beginning clicker training.