Course Highlights:
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Comprehensive Herd Health Management: Learn the essential practices for maintaining the overall health and wellness of a herd, including cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and camelids. Topics cover routine care, disease prevention, and early detection of health issues to minimize the risk of illness.
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Emergency First Aid Techniques for Livestock: Gain practical skills for attending to injured or sick animals during emergencies. The course includes guidance on stabilizing an animal’s condition, managing common injuries, and providing immediate care until professional veterinary assistance is available.
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Preventing and Managing Common Medical Conditions: Understand how to prevent and manage typical medical issues that affect livestock, such as respiratory problems, digestive issues, lameness, and infections. This module equips participants with strategies to reduce the occurrence of health problems within a herd.
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Handling Severe Bleeding, Fractures, and Wound Care: Learn how to respond to traumatic injuries that may occur in a farm setting, including severe bleeding, fractures, and wounds. The course covers proper bandaging, splinting, and wound management techniques to help prevent complications.
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Safe Restraint and Handling Techniques: Acquire skills in safely restraining and handling large animals to perform first aid procedures effectively. This segment focuses on minimizing stress and ensuring the safety of both the animal and the handler during emergency care.
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Assembling a Livestock First Aid Kit: Discover the essential supplies that should be included in a livestock first aid kit and how to use them during emergency situations. The course provides a detailed list of items needed to be prepared for various scenarios.
Certification:
Upon successful completion, participants will earn a Livestock First Aid and Wellness Care Certification, valid for two years. This certification demonstrates your commitment to livestock health and emergency preparedness, enhancing your skills as a responsible caretaker or farm professional.
Enroll in the Livestock First Aid and Wellness Care course to gain the knowledge and confidence needed to manage livestock emergencies and maintain the well-being of your herd.
- Course participants will receive the following:
- A copy of our full color Reference Guide E-book (printed books for this text are not available at this time but you may purchase a printed copy of our Equine First Aid Reference Guide in our online store).
- 2 year subscription to the Pet Emergency Education Online Resource Center
- Upon successful completion and receiving a passing score on all assessments, an official certificate may be printed immediately at the link under the final exam section
- (purchase official certification wallet cards custom printed with your name and mailed free shipping) Order Now
- Copyright access to use logo to promote that you are certified
Upon completion of this class participants will be certified in Livestock Emergency First Aid and Wellness Care**
Course is approved to award continuing education credit for the following animal professional organizations:
“This program 20-963620 is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 0.00 CE Credits (0.00 max) being available to any one veterinarian: and/or 4.00 Veterinary Technician CE Credits (3.00 max). This RACE approval is for the subject matter categories of: Category Three: Non-Scientific-Practice Management/Professional Development using the delivery method of Seminar/Lecture. This approval is valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board’s CE requirements. RACE does not “accredit” or “endorse” or “certify” any program or person, nor does RACE approval validate the content of the program.” Although Pet Emergency Education teaches the most current industry standards for animal CPR, we are in no way affiliated with the RECOVER Initiative, its affiliated organizations or its RECOVER training program. This course is NOT RACE approved for licensed veterinarians.
Continuing Education Credits for Veterinary Technicians
If you are a veterinary technician and want to receive RACE approved CE credit for completing this program we encourage you to create your free RACEtrack account with AAVSB. This site will sync to RACEtrack, the AAVSB’s CE tracking system, and provide a seamless connection between CE providers, licensees, and regulators. You will be able to access all of your CEU in one location and submit them to your state board. This is optional and not required. Please be advised that we do not automatically upload your CEU to RACEtrack. You must request that your CEU be added to your RACEtrack account by emailing us at support@
Click Here to create a RACEtrack account
This course is approved by IAABC for 3 CEU. Course Code- 4959577