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Additional file 1: List of the requested clinical skills in the exact wording
- General clinical skills o Taking veterinary history of individual animals o Taking veterinary history of an animal group o Handling and restraining an animal o Perform a complete clinical examination of an animal
- Emergency treatment o First aid management of haemorrhage o First aid management of wounds o
o First aid management of
o Treatment of unconsciousness o First aid management of burns o First aid management of internal organ damage
- First-aid measures o Bandaging o Treatment of Injures o Immobilising limbs o Resuscitation procedures
- Nutritional status, Lab work o Assess correctly the nutritional status of an animal o Advise the client on principles of husbandry and feeding o Collect, preserve and transport samples o Perform standard laboratory tests o Interpret the results of those generated in-house, as well as those generated by other laboratories
- Diagnosis, Animal diseases, Certificates o Use radiographic o Storage of an animal for radiography o Radiation (X-Ray) o Use ultrasound o Detection of organs in ultrasound diagnostics o Follow correct procedures after diagnosing notifiable and reportable diseases o Follow correct procedures after diagnosing zoonotic diseases o Carry out Certification correctly
- Treatment o Advise on, and administer appropriate treatment o Access the appropriate sources of data on licensed medicines; prescribe and dispense medicines correctly and responsibly in accordance with relevant legislation o Ensure that medicines and waste are safely stored and/or disposed of o Obstetrics o Rectal examination o Injection techniques
- Surgery, anaesthesia o Correctly apply principles of sterilisation of surgical equipment o Correctly apply principles of aseptic surgery o Intubation o Suture exercises (skin) o Suture exercises (intestinal) o Safely perform sedation o Safely perform general anaesthesia o Safely perform regional anaesthesia o assess and control pain
- Euthanasia, Section, ante-mortem inspection, Contamination o Recognise when euthanasia is necessary and perform it humanely

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2 o Show sensitivity to the feelings of owners and others, and regard the safety of those present o Advise on disposal of the carcass o Perform a basic gross post mortem examination, record details, sample tissues, store and transport them o Perform ante and post mortem inspection of food animals and correctly identify conditions affecting the quality and safety of products of animal origin o Minimise the risks of contamination, cross infection and accumulation of pathogens in the veterinary premises and in the field