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Get RACE approved CE credits* and learn about chickens medicine and surgery, from the comfort of your home!

* Upon completion of the course

If you are a VETAHEAD Essential members already, you will have access to this course with your membership 😉 All our online courses are included in our Essentials membership

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IS THIS THE RIGHT COURSE FOR ME?

I know, heading into something new can be scary.

But fear not! I have the breakdown here for you:

This course is for you if:
  • You want to learn the basics of setting up your clinic to start seeing chickens (yes, including how to convince your manager to buy the equipment!);
  • You want to learn about chickens medicine, from their beak to the tip of their cute feathers;
  • You want to learn about the most common chicken procedures and diseases(and yes, it includes sedation, blood colocation, catheter placement, radiography an much more!);
  • You want access to an exclusive chickens emergency drugs calculator;
  • You want to get RACE approved CE* credits while learning with a fun, immersive, online experience;
  • You are a veterinarian, a technician, an assistant, a nurse, or a student! Everyone that wants to learn more about chicken medicine and surgery will benefit from this course;
  • You do or don’t have any previous knowledge on chickens medicine, also if you want to hone your skills. We guarantee you’re going to learn a lot of new content! If not, you have our 7 days guarantee, and can get your money back (after your first purchase)!
This course is NOT for you if:
  • You don’t want to bring more profit to your practice;
  • You don’t want to see new patients;
  • You don’t want to learn from ACZM diplomates;
  • You don’t want to apply the theory to your daily practice.
* Upon completion of the course

SPOILER ALERT

Coming Soon!

JOIN THE FLOCK! INCORPORATING CHICKENS IN YOUR PRACTICE

Focus on standards of care and profitability: What is the standard of care for chickens?
Profitability, is it really possible?
Set yourself up for success: Educate yourself. What books, journals, and professional meetings do you need? What equipment is really essential? Where can you get it?
Your team needs training too: From office staff to technicians, everybody needs to know what is unique about chickens.
Estimates: How much do I charge?

 

CHICKEN TRAVELS: MOBILE POULTRY SERVICE

Poultry ambulatory practice: what to take and questions to ask.

 

NO FOWL PLAYS: CHICKEN LEGISLATION

Legislation: The essentials of what you should know to keep your license and business protected
Prohibited drugs: What you don’t know can hurt you.
Biosecurity: How to help your clients keep their flocks safe
Egg safety and handling: resources for yourself and your clients

 

AN EGG IN AN EGG AND OTHER ABNORMALITIES: EGG QUALITY

Assuring egg quality: proper nutrition and reproductive organ health are essential for good quality eggs.

 

HAPPY CHICKENS: HUSBANDRY AND BREED BASICS

Nutrition: Whether the chickens are growing, laying, or being pets, learn to recommend a balanced diet no matter what
Housing: Whether you’re in a big city or a small town, chickens can be found!
Breeds: Silkie, Bantam, and Leghorn, oh my! Get to know chicken breeds!

 

HEALTHY CHICKENS: PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE

Vaccines: There aren’t as many as you may think
Parasite control: The options and challenges to keep away the creepy-crawlies.
Wellness exams: Yes, chickens need them too!

 

BASIC COMPRE- “HEN”-SION: ANATOMY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

Anatomy: Bird basics and all the features that are unique to chickens
Handling, restraint, and physical examination: How to do it properly, safely, and with confidence.

 

MORE THAN WINGING IT: CLINICAL TECHNIQUES

Clinical techniques: Injections, oral medications, blood collection, IV catheter placement, tube feeding, crop swabs
Bandaging: All wrapped up with nowhere to go
Blood work interpretation: Complete blood counts, biochemistries, and beyond
Lab resources: We’ve done the heavy lifting for you

 

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?: DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

Radiography: Is there anything in that coelom?
Ultrasound: It isn’t impossible to do, and you will identify many things!
CT scans: The 3D chicken

 

SLEEPY CHICKENS: SEDATION, ANESTHESIA, AND ANALGESIA

Sedation and anesthesia: Practical protocols and monitoring techniques, plus emergency response
Analgesia: Pain free is the way to be!

 

GOVERNMENT “COOP”-ERATION: REPORTABLE DISEASES

All the big diseases: Chlamydiosis, infectious bronchitis, laryngotracheitis, mycoplasmosis, avian influenza, Newcastle’s disease, Marek’s disease, salmonellosis

 

WE BE LUNG (AND AIR SAC) TOGETHER: RESPIRATORY DISEASES

What’s covered: Most common respiratory diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

 

EX-SHELL-ENT EGGS AND MORE: REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES

What’s covered: Most common reproductive diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

 

IT TAKES GUTS: GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE

What’s covered: Most common gastrointestinal diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

 

FEATHERS AND FEET: DERMATOLOGIC DISEASES

What’s covered: Most common dermatologic diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

 

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES

What’s covered: Most common musculoskeletal diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

 

NO SPRING CHICKEN: GERIATRIC CARE

What’s covered: Care throughout life and euthanasia techniques; human-animal bond, chicken welfare.

 

CHICKEN NECROPSY : THE INS AND OUTS

What’s covered: Basic necropsy technique, where and how to send the samples.
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The VETAHEAD’s JOIN THE FLOCK! INCORPORATING CHICKENS IN YOUR PRACTICE

covers aspects of how to set up your practice, chickens anatomy, husbandry, handling, clinical techniques, common diseases, diagnostic imaging, therapeutics, anesthesia, medicine, and surgery, among other important topics.

With professional sound and image, you will get an immersive experience, taught by the world’s best, at the comfort of your home.

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COURSE OVERVIEW

This online professional training course will provide intensive lecture on a wide array of medicine, surgery, commonly performed techniques and procedures in chickens.

The course is aimed at veterinarians (general practitioner) and veterinary paraprofessionals (technician, assistant, nurse) as well as students with a keen interest in chickens medicine and surgery.

The course will cover aspects of how to set up your practice, anatomy, husbandry, handling, clinical techniques, sedation, common diseases, diagnostic imaging, therapeutics, anesthesia, medicine and surgery, among other important topics.

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A COURSE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN

Exclusive e-books

Each lesson has an exclusive downloadable e-book, beautifully designed, with professionally drawn scientific illustrations.

Exclusive emergency drug calculator

A handy way to get the emergency doses you need for your chicken patient, automatically calculated, and easily printable. Enjoy!

Photos and videos of procedures

We won't just explain it to you, we'll show it to you. And you will be able to see it as many times as you need!

Get CE credits without leaving your home

I know, you have a busy life. However, you don't need to leave home or your practice to see the classes! All you need is an internet connection, and voilà! And if you need to stop in the middle, no problem: you can pick up later from where you left it.

Online designed to be online

This is not an in-person course adapted to be seen online, and much less a webinar, recorded on a computer. These are full on classes, with professional image, sound, and editing. It's a masterclass on chickens medicine and surgery, an immersive online experience.

Membership access

That's right. On single payment, access to all online courses, all the time!

OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE REAL AUTHORITIES ON THE SUBJECT

LAILA PROENÇA
MV, DVM, MS, PhD, DACZM

Dr. Laila Proença, a native of Brasília, Brazil, stands out as a preeminent figure in Zoological (exotic) Medicine, holding titles such as MV, MSc, PhD, DVM, DACZM. As the founder and CEO of VETAHEAD and PETAHEAD, she dedicates her expertise to revolutionizing veterinary and pet owner education concerning exotic animals. Her extensive qualifications and her role leading VETAHEAD highlight her commitment to enhancing veterinary care through comprehensive online courses and resources, aiming to close educational gaps in the care of non-traditional pets like birds, reptiles, and small mammals.

Beyond her professional training initiatives, Dr. Proença has also established PETAHEAD to support exotic pet owners directly, providing them with the necessary resources and guidance to ensure the wellbeing of their pets. Her efforts are geared towards empowering both the veterinary community and pet owners, making advanced care practices accessible and advocating for a no-species-left-behind approach. Dr. Proença’s influence extends across the global veterinary field as a speaker and author, inspiring continuous learning and improvement in veterinary care and pet ownership.

MIRANDA SADAR
MV, DACZM

Dr. Miranda Sadar is a graduate of the Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. After graduation, she completed a one-year clinical internship in zoological, zoological companion animal, and wildlife medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After finishing a two-year fellowship in wildlife medicine at the Wildlife Center of Virginia, she completed a zoological companion animal residency at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Sadar was an assistant professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in their zoological medicine service for two years prior to moving back to Colorado State University as an assistant professor in the Avian, Exotics, and Zoological Medicine service.

In 2016, Dr. Sadar became a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM), with a focus on zoological companion animals. Dr. Sadar’s research interests focus around minimally invasive modalities to decrease stress, both situational and painful stress, in zoological, zoological companion animal, and wildlife species.

JARRA JAGNE
DVM, DACPV

Originally from The Gambia, the smallest country on the African mainland, Dr Jagne has studied, lived and worked in the United States for almost 38 years. She holds a DVM (1990) from Cornell University and a BSc (Hons) in Biology from Colorado State University. She completed a two-year residency in Avian Diseases and Pathology at the University of Pennsylvania and is a Diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians (DACPV). 

Dr Jagne has over 27 years of experience in poultry disease management and control. She spent four years working in the international development field on avian influenza control in poultry. She has worked for Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI), a consulting firm based in Bethesda, Maryland. She was the Senior Veterinary Advisor for STOP Avian Influenza (AI), a project administered by DAI and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She co-authored several manuals on Poultry Farm Biosecurity and Disease Outbreak Response as part of the STOP AI project.  Before joining the STOP AI project, she worked for a year as a Veterinary Diagnostician with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. Her work in poultry took her to many countries in Africa and South-East and Central Asia.

She also worked for seven years in the commercial poultry sector in the United States as a Technical Services Manager for ISA Babcock, a large poultry genetics company.   Dr. Jagne served as the Northeast Representative to the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) General Conference Committee for a total of six years (2002-2005 and 2015-2018) and as the Chair for the Animal Welfare Committee for the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) from 2003-2006. She has given numerous presentations on poultry diseases to a variety of audiences and has consulted for several governments in West Africa.

Dr Jagne is passionate about poultry and enjoys outreach activities with veterinarians,  veterinary students and poultry producers both big and small.  She loves to travel, read, cook and discuss international politics with her husband and three adult children who also seem to have the travel bug. Her 17-month-old granddaughter Sona and her parents live in Portugal.

JUDILEE MARROW
DVM, DACZM

Dr. Judilee Marrow received her DVM from the University of Illinois Campaign-Urbana. She then completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at VCA Aurora and Berwyn Animal Hospitals in the Chicago area, followed by an internship in zoo, exotic companion and wildlife at Kansas State University. She completed a residency in zoological medicine at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington DC and became a diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine in 2015. She works currently at the Houston Zoo as a staff veterinarian.

VALERIE MARCANO
DVM, PHD, DACPV

Dr. Valerie Marcano is an international speaker published in multiple peer-reviewed journals as well as an entrepreneur advocating for health and belonging in veterinary medicine.

Dr. Marcano is a diplomat of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians (ACPV). She graduated in 2020 from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Medical Scientist Training Program with her veterinary (DVM) and PhD degrees. Prior to that, Dr. Marcano completed a Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Research at Cornell University in 2012. Dr. Marcano has worked at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory (ARS, USDA), University of Georgia’s Poultry Diagnostic & Research Center, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP, APHIS, USDA) and Elanco Animal Health.

In 2020, Dr. Marcano co-founded the 501(c)3 nonprofit Pawsibilities Vet Med and in 2022 she founded ValCri Consulting LLC. Pawsibilities Vet Med is a nonprofit that aims to increase recruitment and retention of individuals from underrepresented and marginalized communities to the veterinary profession. ValCri Consulting LLC is a firm offering consultaions in poultry health as well as diversity and belonging. Dr. Marcano is the chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) and a member of the Commission for a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Veterinary Profession of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). Dr. Marcano has been featured in numerous articles and podcasts and has presented over fourty seminars on infectious diseases or poultry, inclusive mentorship and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Dr. Marcano enjoys travelling, hiking and biking with her husband, Dr. Seth Andrews, as well as napping, playing the drums and cuddling her menagerie of creatures.

COURSE LESSONS

Focus on standards of care and profitability: What is the standard of care for chickens?

Profitability, is it really possible?

Set yourself up for success: Educate yourself. What books, journals, and professional meetings do you need? What equipment is really essential? Where can you get it?

Your team needs training too: From office staff to technicians, everybody needs to know what is unique about chickens.

Estimates: How much do I charge?

Poultry ambulatory practice: what to take and questions to ask.

Legislation: The essentials of what you should know to keep your license and business protected

Prohibited drugs: What you don’t know can hurt you.

Biosecurity: How to help your clients keep their flocks safe.

Egg safety and handling: resources for yourself and your clients.

Assuring egg quality: proper nutrition and reproductive organ health are essential for good quality eggs.

Nutrition: Whether the chickens are growing, laying, or being pets, learn to recommend a balanced diet no matter what

Housing: Whether you’re in a big city or a small town, chickens can be found!

Breeds: Silkie, Bantam, and Leghorn, oh my! Get to know chicken breeds!

Vaccines: There aren’t as many as you may think

Parasite control: The options and challenges to keep away the creepy-crawlies.

Wellness exams: Yes, chickens need them too!

Anatomy: Bird basics and all the features that are unique to chickens

Handling, restraint, and physical examination: How to do it properly, safely, and with confidence.

Clinical techniques: Injections, oral medications, blood collection, IV catheter placement, tube feeding, crop swabs.

Bandaging: All wrapped up with nowhere to go.

Blood work interpretation: Complete blood counts, biochemistries, and beyond.

Lab resources: We’ve done the heavy lifting for you.

Radiography: Is there anything in that coelom?

Ultrasound: It isn’t impossible to do, and you will identify many things!

CT scans: The 3D chicken!

Sedation and anesthesia: Practical protocols and monitoring techniques, plus emergency response

Analgesia: Pain free is the way to be!

All the big diseases: Chlamydiosis, infectious bronchitis, laryngotracheitis, mycoplasmosis, avian influenza, Newcastle’s disease, Marek’s disease, salmonellosis.

What’s covered: Most common respiratory diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

What’s covered: Most common reproductive diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

What’s covered: Most common gastrointestinal diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

What’s covered: Most common dermatologic diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

What’s covered: Most common musculoskeletal diseases, diagnostics, and treatments.

What’s covered: Care throughout life and euthanasia techniques; human-animal bond, chicken welfare.

What’s covered: Basic necropsy technique, where and how to send the samples.

VETAHEAD 100% GUARANTEE

Don't sweat it. We offer a 7 days guarantee on your first purchase.
If you purchase this course and are not satisfied with it, you receive 100% of your money back.
Just contact us at contact@vetahead.vet.

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When you're done with the course, please send us feedback of your experience! We would love to hear from you, and improve the way we do our courses. Please send it to contact@vetahead.vet.

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F.A.Q.

Yes! This course provides you with RACE approved CE credits, upon completion.

No, it is not. Starting on first semester 2024, we started our membership! With monthly or yearly payments, you will have access to ALL VETAHEAD courses, current and new. Please click here to learn more.

There is no required time commitment. You can take it at your own pace.

Yes! You can, of course, expect a learning curve. If you put in time and effort to put all you learn into practice, you absolutely can.

Currently, this is not a service we offer.

Yes, each lesson has an exclusive e-book to help you follow along. You will find them under the video for each lesson.

Currently, no. Watching the classes require an internet connection.

It covers everything from the basics of husbandry and anatomy, to intubation techniques, surgery, and anesthesia. There’s something for everyone! If you don’t feel like you got your money’s worth, you have our 7 days guarantee, and can get your money back!

Yes, there is content for everybody. While we made sure to cover basics, we also cover more advanced concepts, such as detailed interpretation of blood work, radiography, step-by-step clinical skills and surgical procedures, most up-to-date treatment recommendations, analgesia, continuous rate infusions, multiple techniques for endotracheal intubation, anesthesia and much more. In addition, if you purchase the course and are not 100% satisfied, we have our 7 days money back garantee.

Yes! There are a few topics that are more geared towards veterinarians, but you absolutely will benefit from this course. The best veterinary care possible is a team’s effort, and your support is fundamental to reach this goal!

Of course! The course covers everything from the basics of rabbit husbandry and anatomy, to intubation techniques, surgery, and anesthesia. It does require basic knowledge of topics such as anesthesia, surgery, diagnostic imaging, and hematology. If you don’t feel like you got your money’s worth, you have our 7 days guarantee, and can get your money back!

Go to log in on the upper right corner of the website, and after filling the log in info, you will be redirected to your dashboard. There, click on the “My courses” option, and you will be able to access all courses you have purchased.

After finishing each lesson, you will take a quiz to wrap up your learning process. After getting the minimum score for approval, you will get your downloadable certificate on your dashboard on our website. Don’t worry; you can take the quiz as many times as you need! The quiz is part of the RACE standards for approval.

*Disclaimer: regulations might change between state veterinary boards. Please verify the regulations with your state’s veterinary medical board.
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We are currently working on bringing more amazing content to you soon.

Some of our upcoming courses include:

                      • Backyard pet chicken medicine and surgery
                      • Ferret medicine and surgery
                      • Rat, mice, hamster and gerbil medicine and surgery
                      • Sugar glider and hedgehog medicine and surgery
                      • Avian medicine and surgery
                      • Reptile medicine and surgery

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