Become an expert animal caretaker with this free online course on animal nutrition, feedstuffs & animal hygiene. In this course, you will learn animal feed processing quality and safety, as well as digestive physiology and how different animal species process nutrients. We will also demonstrate how to maintain animal hygiene and formulate animal diets that optimise dog, cat, horse, and reptile health. This course also covers animal psychology, care standards and basic animal first aid so that you can care for an animal in an emergency.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 192190 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Analyse nutrient types and dietary needs to improve understanding of animal nutrition essentials • Plan and formulate balanced diets for diverse animal species, taking into account their specific nutritional needs • Create balanced and appropriate diets for carnivorous and herbivorous animals • Evaluate the physiological differences in nutrient absorption across various animal species • Assess the nutritional value of different feed ingredients • Discuss the impact of animal agriculture on global food systems and its sustainability • Recognise signs of healthy emotional states and biological functions in animals • Outline the principles of animal hygiene and basic first aid • Summarise the fundamentals of animal psychology • Categorise different feedstuffs, their additives, and processing methods to ensure high-quality nutrition |
| Course Code | 1094 |

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