Certificate of Animal Naturopathy

Unit 1 – Introduction to Natural Animal Health Care

• Natural animal health care
• Limitations of conventional medicine
• Holistic treatment
• Homeopathy
• Principles of homeopathy
• Flower essences
• Naturopathy
• Principles of naturopathy
• Natural nutrition
• Tactile therapy
• Massage
• Equine tactile therapy
• Bowen therapy
• Canine myofunctional therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Shiatsu and reflexology
• Osteopathy and chiropractic
• Other treatments
• Benefits of natural animal health care
• Codes of practice for animal welfare
• Health & safety for veterinary practice
• Separating animals
• Infectious diseases
• Containing diseases
• Disposal of dead/infected tissues
• Dangerous non-animal wastes
• Storage & handling of supplements/equipment

Unit 2 – Signs of Ill Health

• Signs of a healthy animal
• Table of vital signs for livestock and domestic animals
• Recognising ill health
• Table – general signs of ill health
• Diagnosis of diseases
• First aid
• Homeopathic remedies
• Signs of shock
• Signs of internal bleeding
• Signs of poisoning

Unit 3 – Natural Nutrition for Animals

• Natural nutrition
• The effect of modern living on domestic animals
• Processed pet foods
• The effect of poor nutrition on animal behaviour
• Good nutrition for domestic animals
• Carbohydrates
• Protein
• Fats and lipids
• Minerals and vitamins
• Supplements
• Recipes
• Nutrition for health problems
• Overweight animals
• Underweight
• Liver disease
• Mineral supplements for livestock
• Table of the important minerals for some livestock
• Other nutritional supplements for livestock

Unit 4 – Holistic Health Care – Maintaining Health

• Creating a healthy environment
• Maintaining healthy domestic pets
• Livestock
• Health maintenance
• Prevention of arthritis in dogs
• The vaccination debate
• Pet dental care
• Flea control
• Maintaining health in livestock
• Preventing disease in poultry
• Avian influenza (bird flu virus)

Unit 5 – Holistic Health Care – Treating Health Problems

• Naturopathic treatment
• Homeopathic treatment
• Herbalism
• Treatment of common ailments
• Arthritis
• Skin problems (dogs and cats)
• Digestive complaints
• Dental problems
• Congenital and developmental disorders
• Periodontal disease
• Diabetes
• Pain management (medication and herbal treatments)
• Identification of an animal in pain
• Homoeopathy
• Flower essences
• Animal tactile therapy
• Physical therapy
• Equine tactile therapy
• Bowen therapy
• Canine myofunctional therapy
• Behavioural problems in dogs cats and birds

Unit 6 – Animal Diseases and Health Problems (Domestic Animals)

• General discussion
• Dogs
• Canine distemper
• Heartworm
• Parvovirus
• Hydatid disease
• Cats
• Ringworm
• Feline aids – feline immunodeficiency virus
• Feline herpes virus or cat flu
• Rodents
• Respiratory problems and mycoplasma
• Abscesses
• Reptiles
• Mouth rot or canker (stomatitis)
• Necrotising dermatitis (scale rot) or vesicular dermatitis (blister disease)
• Ectoparasites (mites)
• Pneumonia
• Fish
• Fin rot
• White spot (ICH OR ICK)
• Constipation
• Pop-eye (exophthalmus)
• Cage birds
• Calcium/vitamin d3 deficiency
• Respiratory diseases

Unit 7 – Animal Diseases and Health Problems (Livestock)

• Notifiable diseases
• Controlling internal parasites
• Common pests, diseases and health problems
• Horses
• Tetanus – lockjaw
• Strangles
• Internal parasites
• External parasites
• Colic
• Equine influenza (EI)
• Cattle
• Internal parasites
• External parasites
• Mastitis in dairy cattle
• Pigs
• Exudative epidermitis of pigs (greasy pig)
• Leptospirosis
• Internal parasites
• External parasites
• Sheep
• Enterotoxemia (pulpy kidney)
• Cutaneous myiasis (blowfly-strike)
• Poultry
• Newcastle disease (NCD)
• Yolk sac infection
• Infectious bronchitis (IB)

Unit 8 – PBL Project