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PENN FOSTER CAREER SCHOOL
Distance Learning & Online Career Diplomas

Veterinary Assistant

Penn Foster Career School's distance learning veterinary assistant program can help you earn your veterinarian assisting diploma in as little as one year!

Get the skills you need to succeed as a veterinary assistant without quitting your job or going to class. You need no previous experience to enroll in this distance education veterinary assistant school. From the basics of animal behavior to emergency care, you'll learn everything you need to begin this rewarding animal health care career, including:

• Assisting in surgical procedures
• Emergency care
• Obtaining animal health histories and records
• Providing specialized nursing care
• Respiratory and circulatory systems
• Surgical preparations
• Veterinary pharmacology
• Washing, feeding, and caring for animals
• Veterinary terminology
• Much more!

Veterinary assistants are in demand around the world, so there are plenty of opportunities for you to succeed with your new skills earned from this veterinary assistant program. All you need is a high school diploma or secondary school certificate equivalent to enroll in veterinary assistant programs.

Penn Foster Career School is accredited by the DETC and is a world leader in distance learning. With Penn Foster Career School, you can train for a new veterinary assistant career on your own time, in your own home, and at your own pace. Study guides and lessons will be shipped to your door, and are also accessible in PDF format for online study. You'll learn independently, but not alone, with unparalleled student services and unlimited instructional support.

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