If you’re a vet or veterinary nurse looking to build on your knowledge of poultry medicine, The Chicken Vet CPD training course could be for you – with the 2025 dates now available to book.
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About the course
The course has been created and is delivered by The Chicken Vet’s parent company, St David’s Poultry Team – the leading and largest independent poultry practice in the UK. It is six hours of CPD, online with poultry vet Ben South who has also completed a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP) in Poultry, with The University of Liverpool.
The course is interactive and offers plenty of opportunity for questions and discussions. The topic areas you will cover on the course include:
- History of the chicken
- Husbandry – needs, housing, management and hygiene
- Legislation and Law
- Behaviour and Anatomy
- Post-Mortem Examination
- Blood Sampling Techniques
- Therapeutics and Preventative Medicines
There is a 25% discount on the course cost for vet nurses, and attending the post-mortem session is optional.
Once you have completed the course, your vet practice can join our Associated Practice scheme – with additional benefits that include access to veterinary advise, discounted products and poultry medication.
Poultry vet Ben South, who delivers the Chicken Vet CPD course, advises the importance of small veterinary practices gaining knowledge on how to treat backyard poultry.
“Backyard poultry is estimated to be the third most popular pet in the UK and an increasing number form an integral part of family life. Chickens are prey animals and therefore conceal their symptoms, so can often appear severely ill when their owners bring them into practice. This course provides small animal practice vets with the confidence they need when chickens are presented – something that isn’t focussed on a great deal at university. It means that vets can also support owners by sharing some of the early signs and symptoms of common ailments, to look out for.”
If you would like any additional information, please get in touch at info@chickenvet.co.uk
