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I01: ThinkNutrition

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Course Info

This in-depth Nutrition Course examines the role of nutrition in Canine and Feline Behaviour, allowing the successful student to evaluate and understand the effect that diet has on their client’s pet’s behaviour and to offer guidance, along with the client’s veterinarian, in order to achieve optimal nutritional balance. Students may enrol at any time.

What the student will learn

  • The successful completion of ThinkNutrition qualifies you to enroll for the COAPE Diploma in Animal Behaviour.

Course Content

  • Unit 1
  • In this first unit we look at the evolution and domestication of the dog and cat and how they exploit new resources in a changing environment. We investigate the feeding behaviour of dogs and cats, taking into account the feline design as a hunter. The student will learn about digestive health, major nutrients and what constitutes a balanced diet, as well as how to interpret the labelling of commercial pet food.
  • Unit 2
  • Unit 2 explores the Digestive system, the glands of the digestive tract, how food is digested and absorbed and the role of both digestive microflora and bacterial fermentation, as well as how food is metabolized into energy. We go on to explore the impact of fear, stress and anxiety on the animal’s health and how to use diet to improve stress in dogs and cats. This unit also looks at obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and critical illness in dogs and cats.
  • Unit 3
  • The focus of this unit is the defining life stages in cats and dogs and the nutritional requirement of each stage. From breeding dogs and cats, to growing kittens and puppies, through healthy ageing cats and dogs and lastly to working dogs.
  • Unit 4
  • In this final unit we investigate the role of nutrition in disease. We look at various types of disease from Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, Renal and Urinary tract disease, to Dental, Dermatological and Orthopaedic disease.
  • ThinkNutrition Speciality Deposit + 9 Months Installment (Inter)
    Payments Option : R3000,00

    Payable per month on the last day of each calendar month for 9 consecutive months following registration

    Payment Date Amount
    September 12, 2024 R788,89
    September 13, 2024 R788,89
    September 14, 2024 R788,89
    September 15, 2024 R788,89
    September 16, 2024 R788,89
    September 17, 2024 R788,89
    September 18, 2024 R788,89
    September 19, 2024 R788,89
    September 20, 2024 R788,89
  • ThinkNutrition Deposit & Balance (Inter)
    Payments Option : R3000,00

    Pay only the deposit, and complete full payment within 1 month of registration

    Payment Date Amount
    October 11, 2024 R7100,00
  • Pay Full Amount
    Payments Option : R10100,00

    Pay the full course fee

    Payment Date Amount

Course tutored by

Jo Scott

Jo Scott

  • Correspondence
  • Text and a Workbook
  • Computer Literate

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