This course provides training in the veterinary assistant field.  It will include animal handling and restraint, health and safety, sanitation, surgical preparation, anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, infectious diseases, instrument and equipment identifications, laws and ethics, and veterinary office procedures. The class will cover companion animals as well as livestock.  As part of the curriculum, instruction is provided to assist students in practicing communication skills, utilizing listening skills to follow directions, practicing basic mathematics skills as applied to a veterinary medical setting, and reading to gain information, and to perform assignments and tasks as directed.