ACS Releases New Short Course- Animal Health & Welfare

ACS Releases New Short Course- Animal Health & Welfare

ACS Distance Education have recently written and released a new 20- hour course aimed at people who work with animals, care for animals or are undertaking studies in animal care.

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.

It is ideal 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 or an animal health care setting, it will broaden and deepen an understanding of what is required in day to day work. This course will also help anyone aspiring to work with animals as it will improve their knowledge, expand their awareness of employment opportunities, and put themselves in a better position to seek employment working with animals.

Here are some of the topics that are covered in this new course:

• Lesson 1 Introduction

• Lesson 2 Preventing disease and injury

• Lesson 3 Understanding & inspecting health issues

• Lesson 4 Animal first aid

• Lesson 5 Some common illnesses in animals A-F

• Lesson 6 Some common illnesses in animals G-N

• Lesson 7 Some common illnesses in animals O-Z 

Students can enrol into our course at any time and courses are self-paced.

For more information on the Animal Health & Welfare 20 hour short course, please visit our website: