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Your Online Veterinary Assistant Education Partner

Enhance your team’s ability to provide safe, compassionate, and capable care for animals with trained Veterinary Assistants.

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  • Online career education
  • DEAC accredited
  • Aligned, targeted skills training
  • Flexible, scalable, and customizable
  • Dashboard and detailed reporting
  • Intuitive LMS
  • One-on-one instructor support
  • Engaging, step-by-step curriculum

Program details

Training Programs Average Time to Completion Course Format and Materials
Veterinary Assistant Certificate 4 to 7 months

Self-paced, online learning, accessible on a mobile phone, tablet, or computer.

Customize your team’s learning path to meet your needs and set and monitor student progress.

Virtual study materials*

*Printed materials available upon request.
Veterinary Assistant Certificate

Average Time to Completion: 4 to 7 months

Course Format and Materials:

Self-paced, online learning, accessible on a mobile phone, tablet, or computer.

Customize your team’s learning path to meet your needs and set and monitor student progress.

Virtual study materials*

*Printed materials available upon request.

Program Overview

This certificate program provides clear insight into safe and effective animal care, which students will apply in their role as a Veterinary Assistant, Animal Care Specialist, or Animal Health Aide.

The Veterinary Assistant certificate program is designed by subject matter experts who actively work in the field and our in-house curriculum team.

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What Students Will Learn

Veterinary Assistant Certificate
  • Introduction to the role and responsibilities of a veterinary assistant
  • Proper handling and restraint of animals
  • Emergency procedures
  • Physical examinations
  • Bandaging and wound care
  • Animal grooming
  • Medical and animal terminology
  • Sanitation procedures
  • Animal anatomy, including circulatory, digestive, genitourinary, endocrine and nervous systems
  • Chemistry and measurement basics
  • Medication handling and administration
  • Exotic animals
  • Disease-causing organisms
  • Common diseases affecting animals
  • Laws and regulations governing animal care
  • Surgical procedures and x-ray techniques
  • Surgery prep and recovery
  • Parasitic infestation management
  • Laboratory examinations
  • Quarantine and control
  • Dental care in animals
  • Animal feeding and diets
  • Poisonous animals and plants
  • Large animal care
Veterinary Assistant Certificate
  • Introduction to the role and responsibilities of a veterinary assistant
  • Proper handling and restraint of animals
  • Emergency procedures
  • Physical examinations
  • Bandaging and wound care
  • Animal grooming
  • Medical and animal terminology
  • Sanitation procedures
  • Animal anatomy, including circulatory, digestive, genitourinary, endocrine and nervous systems
  • Chemistry and measurement basics
  • Medication handling and administration
  • Exotic animals
  • Disease-causing organisms
  • Common diseases affecting animals
  • Laws and regulations governing animal care
  • Surgical procedures and x-ray techniques
  • Surgery prep and recovery
  • Parasitic infestation management
  • Laboratory examinations
  • Quarantine and control
  • Dental care in animals
  • Animal feeding and diets
  • Poisonous animals and plants
  • Large animal care

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