Front Range Community College
VET 116: Animal Laboratory Technician Humane Treatment and Handling of Animals
Hybrid Course
Fall Semester 2010 3 Credits
Class Schedule: Location
Laboratory sections
Some Labs will be combined. Please be flexible in your scheduling.
Instructor: Kimberly Schmidt Phone number: 970-204-8670
Email: Kimberly.schmidt@frontrange.edu
24x7 Help Desk
http://help.cccs.edu
888-800-9198
Online Learning Office
303-404-5513
970-204-8250
OL@frontrange.edu
www.frontrange.edu/online
The Learning Opportunity Center, Blanca Peak Building Room 102.
Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Prerequisite:
Admission to the ALT program.
Catalog Description:
Designed to give students knowledge and skills required for laboratory animal
technicians. The course focuses on animal welfare and humane treatment during
handling and restraint, behavior, safety, equipment choice and typical clinical
procedures. 45 contact hours.
Course Objective:
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to handling of different animal
species.
The student will:
1. Understand the techniques for properly handling various species and the equipment
used.
2. Be able to perform techniques properly in order to humanely ensure safety for the
handler, practitioner, client and the patient.
3. Differentiate between common domestic species and give the species name and
common name.
4. Observe different genders of domestic animals, sex them and give the correct gender
terminology.
5. Explain which behaviors in the various domestic species are normal.
6. Compare the behaviors of animals that are domesticated, tame, feral and wild.
7. Define verbal, manual, mechanical, and chemical restraint and decide which is
appropriate under which conditions
8. Identify and tie simple restraint knots.
9. Identify common breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, goat, and hogs, dogs, cat, birds, and
pocket pets.
10. Obtain and Recite normal temperature, pulse, respiration for domestic animal
species.
Required Texts:
Animal Restraint for Veterinary Professionals; Sheldon, Sonthagen, Topel, 2006 (AR)
Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians 7th ed.; McCurnin&Bassert, 2010. (CT)
Laboratory Animal Medicine: Principles and Procedures; Sirois, 2005. (LAM)
Reference Texts:
Many are available in the instructor’s office and additional texts may be found in both
the FRCC and CSU-VMC libraries.
Course Policies:
1. Attendance and participation are mandatory. Absences and tardiness will result in a
lowering of your final grade. Credit cannot be awarded for skills if you are not in the lab
session. You will have a list of skills required by the AVMA and class labs are your best, if
not the only opportunity you will have to demonstrate them.
2. Students who attend less than 80% of the laboratory sessions will be given a grade of
F for the semester regardless of academic points earned.
3. Any assignments, quizzes, exams not presented on the date that they are due cannot
be turned in for credit. Exams will be on a case by case basis and only with a doctor’s
note. If a make-up exam is allowed it will be in essay form and different from the rest of
the class.
5. The ALT program is a career and technical education program designed to train you
for a position in a profession, so please act professionally. Please think before you act-
remember this includes wearing proper attire to laboratory environments, mature and
proper conduct, and not disrupting class (by being late, leaving early, excessive talking,
interrupting). Failure to act in a professional manner is cause for dismissal from the
program. Incidents causing disruptions in class will be reported to the dean’s office. This
class is a lot of fun, but we are dealing with animals and safety must be a high priority.
6. The class is a perfect opportunity to work on your skills as a team member.
7. All assignments, quizzes, exams and other items completed by the student for this
course must be that student’s original works. For further clarification of academic
honesty please refer to the Veterinary Technology Handbook and the Front Range
Community College Student Handbook. FRCC is now using an electronic plagiarism
detection system. We will be using this for some assignments in this class, without
further warning to you, so be sure to do all your own work! Any work that is plagiarized
or participation in any “cheating” will earn an “F” grade and be cause for dismissal from
the program.
8. Please refrain from cell phone and pager use including texting during lab times. Alert
your instructor in advance if you NEED these tools. Students will be asked to use the
vibrate/silent options. Please do not leave the classroom for bathroom breaks, phone
use, etc. during class sessions. We will take breaks during long sessions, but please do
not disrupt class.
9. We will be using student animals in some of our labs. Animals are only allowed when
requested by an instructor. It is the students’ responsibility to request for their animals
to be on campus, checking with all instructors prior to the animal’s arrival. You must
receive a positive response from an instructor before taking an animal to their class.
The student must adhere to each instructor’s wishes in regards to animals in their class
on any given day. The student assumes all liability for an animal they bring to class. FRCC
and the instructor are not responsible for your animal- you are. (Animals are not
allowed in non-ALT courses.)
10. All students must also follow the Student Code of Conduct. Here is the link to the
Student code of conduct:
(http://www.frontrange.edu/FRCCTemplates/FRCC7.aspx?id=1565 )
Proper attire must be worn for every lab. During the first lab we will discuss attire and
examples will be presented.
Small animal/exotic labs unless stated otherwise:
Lab coat and tennis shoes or boots (no open toes); Examination gloves
Large animal labs:
Street clothes or scrubs with Coveralls, exam gloves and over the shoe boots
Additionally, each student is required to bring a watch, stethoscope and thermometer to
each lab.
-Weather is constantly changing in Colorado. It is suggested that you keep warm
clothes, hat, gloves etc. with you at all times. It is likely that one or more labs will be
held in inclement weather. All clothing worn to labs must be washable and appropriate.
-No dangling jewelry or untied long hair will be permitted. This is for your safety,
animals can be unpredictable and loose items can injure you. (Please limit the jewelry
to one set of post-type earrings, engagement/wedding bands, and a watch with second
hand/digital option.)
-This is a physically demanding class. If you have any physical limitations that may
inhibit, or reduce your ability to perform in laboratory environments it is crucial to
inform the instructor beforehand and to take measures so that you can participate if at
all possible. (i.e.; allergies, back and knee problems, etc.)
-INJURIES SUSTAINED IN LABORATORY OR LECTURE SESSIONS ARE NOT COVERED BY
FRCC WORKER'S COMPENSATION. YOU PARTICIPATE AT YOUR OWN RISK....PLEASE BE
CAREFUL! Report all injuries to your instructor immediately for first aid administration.
-During the laboratory sessions we will be going to various off-site labs and you will be
expected to represent Front Range Community College and the Veterinary Technology
Program, as well as yourself. This means you are expected to act responsibly, pay
attention to safety issues and please do not smoke. Failure to behave professionally is
cause for dismissal from the program.
Course Evaluation:
A = 90-100%
B = 80-89% In order to continue in the VET program a grade of a C
C = 70-79% or better must be achieved in each completed course.
D = 60-69%
F = 0-59%
Grades will be based on a mastery of material by quizzes, examinations, skill sheets and
discussion/participation in both lecture and laboratory. (Participation includes, but it is
not limited to, attendance, attitude, role-playing in lab, preparation and clean up).
There will be quizzes over material covered in the reading assignments. There will be a
midterm and a final exam. Quizzes and exams will have the following format: fill in the
blank, matching, true/false, multiple choice, short answer, essay and practical
demonstration.
Grading assessment: Student grade will be determined on a percentage/point scale.
Quizzes and homework = 400 points
Labs= 200
Midterm exam= 200 points
Final Exam = 200 points
Total = 1000 points (approximately)
IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE DATES AS THEY RELATE TO COURSES: (In chronological
order)
Classes begin: August 24th, 2010
Break: Labor day: September 5th-7th and November 22nd-28th, 2010
Last day to drop classes with a refund:
Last day to withdraw from classes with no refund:
Last day of classes: December 13th, 2010
VET 116 ALT Hybrid Humane Treatment and Handling of Animals
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