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Vet Science

Whether you're interested in pets, large or small animal training or raising animals for food, learn how to keep animals healthy, and how healthy animals and healthy people go together. Youth may even find a future career to be passionate about as you learn more about domestic animals from the inside out.

Topics

Basic anatomy
Health and disease
Normal and abnormal conditions

Opportunities for Middle and High School Students

Learn more about the curriculum

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Curriculum Resources

4-H Curriculum

National 4-H Veterinary Science Curriculum

Texas 4-H Veterinary Science Curriculum

4-H at Home: Veterinary Science

NYS Veterinary Science 9-12 Interactive Curriculum

4-H Veterinary Science units by Dr. Duane Rice, University of Nebraska

Unit I - The Normal Animal

Unit II - Animal Disease

Unit III - Animal Health and Its Relationship to Our World

Leader Guides for 4-H Veterinary Science Units 1-III

Resources

For more information

Contact Brian Aukema at bja14 [at] cornell.edu (bja14[at]cornell[dot]edu).