Veterinary Laboratory Techniques and Small Animal Surgery

This course covers veterinary laboratory topics and small animal surgery basics for cats and dogs. Students explore external parasites, hematology and blood slide techniques, surgical suite setup and scrubbing, types of procedures, and post-surgical cleaning and sterilization through lessons, demonstrations, and projects supported by slides and videos.

Materials needed:

Lesson 2 - new microscope slides and "fake blood" (I use gel food coloring, but halloween fake blood, or even ketchup will work!)

Lesson 3 - needed for "instrument book" after class project- ability to print several pages from a document provided, notebook or large index cards (to create book), tape/glue/scissors

Lesson 4 - a "patient" to scrub ( ideas : a squash, cucumber, plastic doll- must be able to get wet.) a very small bowl of soapy water and one of clean water, paper towels, (and gauze squares if possible no need to buy them if you don't have them, just cut up some paper towel squares)

Lesson 5 - gloves with a long enough wrist to be able to make a cuff. (can be plastic, or knitted)

Lesson 9- a cloth napkin or piece of fabric that is a similar size, 6-8 pieces of flatware/silverware, making tape (scotch tape ok if needed)