Avian Health Online is an interactive online course for veterinarians working in the global poultry industry. Presented by the University of Melbourne, with collaboration of the Poultry Diseases Research Center, University of Georgia USA, a Postgraduate certificate in Avian Health can be completed with 1 year part-time study, while the Masters in Avian Health and Medicine (MAHM) requires 3 years part-time study.

The Avian Health Online course has been designed towards enabling avian veterinarians to perform each key job role effectively, through systematic completion of these learning units. The Postgraduate Certificate in Avian Health is awarded on completing 2 subjects (each of these learning units is of 16 weeks duration including examinations):

1. Poultry Industry Field Work
2. Poultry Pathology and the Diagnosis of Disease

The Masters of Avian Health and Medicine then requires the successful completion of 4 more subject units:

3. Avian Microbiology and Serology
4. Product and Public Safety, Trade and Economics
5. Advanced Poultry Diseases Course
6. Avian Research Project and Dissertation

Further information is on the website
http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/avianhealth.html .

Important Dates for 2012

Note: For entry into the course, Unit 1 is only on offer in Semester 1 each year.