Animal Health Technology
Learn:
Learn to be an essential member of a veterinary health care team or in a research facility. As an animal health technologist, you'll combine your theoretical understanding of anatomy, physiology, animal behavior and animal handling with your clinical lab skills such as collecting and analyzing samples for diagnosis.Live The Learning:
Prepare for actual surgery at the small animal clinic and learn intravenous injections, catheter placement, IV fluid maintenance and animal restraint. Collect and analyze blood and urine as well as parasitology and cytology specimens. Take X-rays of large and small animals.The Lakeland Advantage:
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Lakeland College is a Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) accredited facility and an Alberta Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) inspected facility for mixed animal practice.
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This program boasts 100% employment for past five years.
Live Your Career As A
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an animal health technologist in a veterinary practice, in a medical/pharmacy research facility, at a zoo or in a livestock production
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a pet food or pharmaceutical representative
Continue Your Learning With:
Advance credit towards degree programs at the University of Lethbridge, University of Alberta and the University of Calgary.
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Vermilion Campus
2 Years
A cow from the college herd that died on pasture has a new life as a skeletal structure in the small animal clinic lab. At the time of the bovine�s untimely demise, animal health technology students deboned the carcass and shipped it to the University of Alberta to be put into a bug box. Once inside, scavengers set to work removing all remaining flesh. Once this was done, the skeleton was cleaned, bleached and returned to Lakeland for assembly. Charged with the task was Ken Smith with the help of Neale King and Barry Gordey who built a metal frame for the structure. While the process to incorporate the specimen into the college�s teaching facilities was lengthy, it has resulted in a considerable savings to the college. The cost of a similar skeleton from a medical supply house is approximately $10,000. That's a lot of moo-la!
