Kids on Campus
Summer Vet Camp
This camp is full. Please check back next summer.
For youth entering grades 7 – 9
Summer Vet Camp is a young person’s ticket to the real and exciting world of Veterinary Medicine. Veterinary experts will provide hands-on experiences, live animals, technology demonstrations and labs, and explain how to prepare for a career in Veterinary Medicine. A team of qualified veterinarians and veterinary technicians will lead the program. Discover your role in this dynamic field!
Named the 2008 Outstanding Non-Credit Program by the University Continuing
Education Association (UCEA) Region West.
Campers will:
- observe animal physical examinations and record data in patient’s chart
- explore pet health care issues
- look at real X-rays and learn what they can tell us about the condition of an animal
- observe an Ultrasound exam on an animal
- perform lab diagnostics
- learn how to use a microscope to look for internal parasites
- learn how to suture
- practice bandaging
- participate in mock surgery
- encounter exotic animals
- sample an African Safari
- investigate Veterinary Forensics
- explore herd animal health
- discover how veterinarians use math and science skills
- investigate career opportunities in Veterinary Science
Fee includes all instruction, materials, laboratory supplies, take-home suture kit, stethoscope, back pack, and scrub shirt for each camper.
- Dates: Mon. – Fri., July 13 – 17,
8 a.m. – 12 noon
- Place: Fresno State campus
- Class No. 50211
- Units: Non-credit
- Fee: $245
- Registration recommended by June 22.
Instructors: Donna Shepard, B.S.; Lisa Ferretti, DVM; Cheryl Waterhouse, DVM; Kevin Miller, Ph.D.; Charlene McLauchlan, DVM; Ralph Waterhouse, B.S.; Sue Lynch, DVM, Amy Bengtson B.S., and Erika Hultquist, RVT, CVPM.