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Schedule for Classroom Courses

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Edmonton, AB CA February 4th-5th 2012 (Full, register for Regina or call to be put on wait list)

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Edmond, OK USA February 18th-19th 2012 (Full, call to be put on wait list)

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Montreal, QC CA February 18th-19th 2012 (Full, call to be put on wait list)

Wildlife Feeding and Nutrition, Eureka, MO USA February 25th 2012

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Murray, KY USA March 3rd-4th 2012

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Green Bay, WI USA March 3rd-4th 2012

Wildlife Feeding and Nutrition, Green Bay, WI USA March 5th 2012

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Anderson, CA USA March 10th-11th 2012

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Portland, OR USA March 10th-11th 2012

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Huntington Beach, CA USA March 10th-11th 2012

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Regina, SK CA March 24th-25th 2012

Wildlife Feeding and Nutrition, Regina, SK CA March 24th 2012

Parasitology, Regina, SK CA March 25th 2012

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Ann Arbor, MI USA March 31th-April 1st 2012

Parasitology, Victoria, BC CA April 7th 2012

Wildlife Feeding and Nutrition, Victoria, BC CA April 8th 2012

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation, Brewster, MA, April 28th-29th 2012

Course Descriptions

Course Title: Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation

Delivery Method: Classroom

CE Hours: 13
This is an introductory course for beginning wildlife rehabilitators, or novice and experienced rehabilitators seeking formal education. Lecture topics include: introduction to wildlife rehabilitation, basic anatomy and physiology, calculating drug dosages, handling and physical restraint, thermoregulation, stress, basic shock cycle, initial care and physical examination, nutrition and associated diseases, standards for housing, zoonoses, euthanasia criteria and release criteria.

Lab topics include gavage (tube-feeding), physical restraint, intramuscular and subcutaneous injections, physical exams, limb immobilization and weighing. Lab procedures are performed on cadavers.

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Course Title: Feeding and Nutrition

Delivery Method: Classroom

CE Hours: 8
Feeding and Nutrition addresses the nutritional requirements of mammals and birds with principles applicable to reptiles and amphibians.  Lecture topics include: basic nutritional biochemistry, gastrointestinal physiology and anatomy, neonates, self-feeding process, importance of recognizing natural diets, determining nutritional requirements, feeding ill and emaciated animals, analyzing and formulating diets, minimizing captive stress through feeding and foraging enrichment.

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Course Title: Parasitology

Delivery Method: Classroom

CE Hours: TBD

All animals have parasites.  Understanding them leads to better care of wildlife in rehabilitation and can reduce the spread of disease.  Parasitology is a comprehensive course covering individual parasites, their life cycles, and their transmission to new hosts.  In this course you begin to learn how to identify the diagnostic forms, the treatments to use and also the zoonotic potential for many varieties of parasites.