Module 1: Wildlife veterinary medicine
During this module you will learn about the day to day requirements, procedures and challenges faced in the wildlife industry. You will be equipped with knowledge to develop your clinical skills, including the drugs that you will see used, ‘best practice’ methods for procedures and how to manage and recognise infectious diseases.

Module 2: Conservation & wild animal behaviour
In this module you will learn about how to use your own skills to assist with the decline in wild species. South Africa is a world leader in the protection and maintenance of biodiversity of their natural heritage, and you will learn the steps required for habitat control, conflict management, medical care and the resulting protection of animals that can occur.

MODULE 3 Human – Wildlife conflict
You will be introduced to how conservation can improve local and international lives, and what that can mean for the wildlife in Africa for generations to come.

During the course, you will have a chance to work with a range of exciting and iconic species. We make no guarantees that you will meet all of these animals face to face, but students in previous years have carried out the following work:

Lion- Health testing, disease screening, translocation and pregnancy diagnosis.
Primates: baboons, vervet monkeys, lemurs. Sedating for blood tests, health checks and surgery.
Antelope– Net captures are carried out to move large numbers of antelope. This involves a helicopter driving the animals in to a large net trap, then your team hand catching and carrying them to the trucks for transportation.
Wildebeest and Zebra– Join the helicopter pilot as he drives animals in to the boma from the air and the ground team prepare the animals for travel. This may include tranquilising and covering sharp horns!
Giraffe– Blood and faecal sampling for reserve management. Post mortem investigations.
Elephant—Tuberculosis blood testing, translocation, foot/toe nail treatments.
Buffalo—Tuberculosis blood testing and capture.

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