Health and disease

This session looks at signs of stress and ill health, and the minimum veterinary standards Cats Protection uses to promote good health for cats in care.

We explore some infectious diseases along with the ways we prevent their spread through cleaning and use of observation charts.

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  • Signs of health
  • Husbandry practices at Cats Protection
  • Handling and restraint
  • Managing stress in care
  • Feline diseases
  • Observation charts
  • Methods to reduce disease transmission

Level 1

  • Check that a small animal is healthy
  • Assist with catching and restraining a small animal
  • Assist with the care of animals
  • Assist with the movement and handling of small animals
  • Animal accommodation

Level 2

  • Maintain animal health and welfare
  • Introduction to the principles and practices of animal behaviour and handling
  • Animal accommodation

Level 3

  • Practical animal husbandry
  • Animals in boarding establishments

Level 4

  • Animal health and welfare
  • Animal husbandry

Level 1 

  • Assist with maintaining the health and wellbeing of animals
  • Assist with the care of animals
  • Assist with the movement, handling and accommodation of animals
  • Assist with feeding and watering
  • Assist with the preparation and maintenance of animal accommodation
  • Assist with handling and restraint of animals
  • Safe and effective working practices in land-based industries

Level 2

  • Maintain animal health and welfare
  • Maintain animal accommodation
  • Introduction to the principles and practices of animal behaviour and handling

Level 3

  • Understand and promote animal health
  • Understand and interpret animal behaviour and communication
  • Undertake kennel and cattery management
  • Animal welfare
  • Companion animal handling and first aid
  • Small animal health and disease
  • Small animal husbandry
  • Specialist animal care – small mammals

What learners have taken away from this session

I have learnt a lot of new things about the ways stress can be reduced in cats.
This was extremely interesting and very educational! I do not own a cat, but I feel that what I have learned regarding biosecurity and handling will be helpful as an animal management student. I now feel that I will be better prepared should I ever get a cat in the future.
I have learnt what a fomite is and the reasoning behind why health checks are performed from head to tail.
I’ve learnt a lot today about cat and kitten infections/diseases and how to tell if they are unwell or healthy. It’s been really fun!