Dietary course and veterinary nutrition (university degree + 8 ECTS credits)

This University Specialization Course in Dietetics and Veterinary Nutrition, accredited by the Miguel de Cervantes European University, offers specialized training in the field. At present, it is increasingly common that there is a company animal in people's home, so a specialized figure in the nutritional needs of these animals is indispensable. With this scaling course for oppositions (consult the bases of the contest or opposition), it is intended to increase their knowledge and skills specialized in nutrition and dietary applied to pets, so that they enjoy a standard of living that is characterized by their quality, regardless of whether they suffer from an added pathology.

- Know and acquire the basic concepts of nutrition, as well as the main needs of dogs and cats. - Knowing healthy eating, since it is accompanied by physical and psychic well -being and delays health complications of the animal. - Knowing how to balance a daily diet of each dog and each particular cat, depending on its individual characteristics and its physiological state. - To raise awareness of the important role that food plays in the prevention of various health disorders. - Acquire knowledge of dietary therapy in multiple pathologies, which constitutes a total or partial part of their treatment.

After having carried out this university course for specialization in Dietetics and Veterinary Nutrition, the student will improve their knowledge and skills in areas as a specialist in canine nutrition in veterinary clinics, in establishments for the sale of food and products for dogs or in canine nurseries.

This university course for specialization in dietary and veterinary nutrition provides the student with the necessary knowledge about dietary and veterinary nutrition so that companion animals enjoy a standard of living that is characterized by their quality, regardless of whether they can suffer from some pathology. The student will be able to learn the basic knowledge of all nutrition, the main needs of dogs and cats, the way to achieve healthy eating, knowing how to balance the daily diet of each dog and cat based on their characteristics and analyze the importance of a valid dietary therapy for multiple pathologies. This university course is baremable for oppositions (consult the bases of the contest or opposition).

The present university course for specialization in dietary and veterinary nutrition is aimed at those who work in animal specialized establishments and that their daily work requires technical knowledge in canine and feline nutrition. Also to people who want to obtain a degree accredited by the Miguel de Cervantes European University or interested in knowing the basic principles of nutrition and its application to the feeding of animals, attending to the differentiated needs of the healthy and sick specimens, and depending on their age, race and weight.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.