College Diploma - Veterinary Technology

The Animal Health Technology (AHT) program has a long-standing reputation for producing highly skilled and capable professionals. Students receive training in animal nursing, surgical assistance, anesthesiology, laboratory procedures, diagnostic imaging, pharmacology and dental procedures. Studies include animal diseases, animal behavior, parasitology, nutrition, microbiology, hematology, ethics, anatomy, physiology, pathology and terminology. Students also practice communications, office procedures and client relations.

This campus features a working farm with a variety of large animals plus companion animals on site. These provide our students with many opportunities to gain experience in handling, treating and caring for live patients of all sizes. Practical expertise is emphasized and complemented with relevant theory taught by highly qualified, skilled and experienced veterinary professionals. Students also have the opportunity to spend time in veterinary clinics and other veterinary facilities. In addition to more traditional lecture and laboratory settings, students in second year will do rotations in the on-site small animal clinic and a six-week clinical practicum at facilities throughout Canada.

Program Curriculum

First Year (34.5 credits) Fall (16 weeks)

• AH112 Animal Behavior and Restraint (2.5)
• AH141 Anatomy and Physiology I (4.5)
• AH143 Animal Science (1.5)
• AH145 Office Communications and Management for the VT (3)
• AH172 Veterinary Terminology (1)
• AH173 Applied Mathematics (1)
• AH174 Laboratory Procedures and Microbiology (4.5)

Winter (16 weeks)

• AH240 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology (2.5)
• AH242 Client Relations and Ethics for the VT (1)
• AH243 Laboratory and Exotic Animals (1.5)
• AH244 Nutrition (2.5)
• AH245 Parasitology (3.5)
• AH246 Animal Nursing I (1.5)
• AH248 Comprehensive Preparation and Discovery I (0.5)
• AH249 Hematology (3.5)

Second Year (36.5 credits) Fall (16 weeks)

• AH340 Anesthesiology (3)
• AH342 Laboratory Procedures II (3.5)
• AH343 Diagnostic Imaging (2.5)
• AH344 Applied Immunology (1.5)
• AH345 Clinical Procedures I (2)
• AH348 Animal Nursing and Surgical Assistance for the VT (4)

Winter (12 weeks) 

• AH441 Dental Procedures (1.5)
• AH442 Animal Diseases (3)
• AH443 Theriogenology (3)
• AH445 Pharmacy and Pharmacology (3)
• AH446 Comprehensive Preparation and Discovery II (0.5)
• AH455 Clinical Procedures II (3)
• AH481 Field Trip (1)

Spring (6 weeks)

• AH447 Practicum (5)