Companion Animal Sciences Institute

Course Title: Breed Specific and Nutritionally Responsive Disorders - 308

Credits: 2

Instructor: Susan Dillon, Dip.NS., Dip. C.N., Dip.ACBS., Dip.CFNA.

Course Description

This course explores some of the breed specific disorders that relate to nutrition. It discusses malabsorption of Vitamin B12, copper storage disease and zinc malabsorption and the breeds prone to these types of disorders. This course also explores nutritionally responsive disorders such as diabetes, urolithiasis, and colitis. This course does not instruct in diagnosing or treating medical disorders/diseases.

Students should emerge from this course with an understanding of:

• Giant Schnauzers and Vitamin B12 malabsorption
• Behavioral issues associated with zinc malabsorption
• Copper storage disease
• Hyperlipidemia
• Purine metabolism
• Diabetes
• colitis

Course Texts

• Canine and Feline Nutrition A Resource for Companion Animal Professionals 2nd Edition by Case, Carey, Hirakawa, and Daristotle (This text is available through CASI for $30 USD, which covers only the cost for shipping from publisher and shipping to you)
  

Schedule

The course begins as soon as your enrollment is complete and you receive your enrollment package. Although we allow 3 months for this course, you are free to complete the course sooner if you can, and we do allow extensions if need be.

Prerequisites

Diploma of Canine Nutrition

Tuition

$200 Cdn. (Currency Converter) + 4% fee for for online payments. Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student Library. Canadian Residents 5% GST.

Enrollment

Visit the "ENROLL" page and follow the application instructions.