Description: This course provides training in the veterinary assistant field. The course introduces students to veterinary science and animal industries. Students have the opportunity to develop technical skills in health, nutrition, examinations, diseases, sanitation and regulatory programs of small animals. The course includes but is not limited to, animal handling and restraint, health and safety, sanitation and surgical preparation, anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, infectious disease, instrument handling and equipment identification, vaccine preparation and injection techniques, laws and ethics and veterinary office practices. Students will gain insight into a career as a Veterinary Assistant and Technician. Students are also given the opportunity to develop leadership skills through the FFA organization.