Are you a qualified Veterinarian who is increasingly being presented with injured or sick avian wildlife during your daily practice? 

This course, offered in collaboration with the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, is the only one of its kind in New Zealand aimed at Veterinarians and offers a unique development opportunity. 

 

Learning mainly online, you’ll be able to gain skills and knowledge in avian wildlife healthcare, with a focus on medicine and/or surgery. Content will include avian anatomy and physiology, trauma procedures and supportive care, post-mortem and pathophysiology, soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery, and contextual aspects of law and ethics. 

 

A five-day practical placement at the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, one of New Zealand’s only avian healthcare providers, will enable you to get some fantastic hands-on practice. 

 

Graduates will have the skills, knowledge and capabilities to:

• Ensure optimal standards of welfare and outcomes for avian wildlife patients
• Plan and manage anaesthesia for avian wildlife patients
• Manage medical diseases in avian wildlife patients
• Perform diagnostics and diagnostic imaging and interpret results for avian wildlife patients, and
• Perform surgical procedures on avian wildlife patients.