Welcome to the PHV Refresher Course - Cattle (PHVRC 1600)!

You have enrolled in the Public Health Veterinarian (PHV) Refresher Course - Cattle training course. The purpose of this training is to refresh your skills in antemortem and postmortem examination and disposition for bovine species. This training may be particularly helpful to experienced PHVs in the field who may be changing assignments and have not yet had hands-on experience with cattle slaughter. The training is designed to familiarize you with what you are most likely to see and experience, whether it be in a very small establishment or in a large, high-volume facility.

Since you are now experienced Public Health Veterinarians, the focus of this training is to help you make expedient (but not rushed!), sound and supportable disposition decisions given the options available in the PHIS Animal Disposition Reporting (ADR) module. We have included the relevant regulatory citations and links wherever possible to help you support your decisions. Additionally, you will find links to useful relevant resources at the bottom of the homepage.

We estimate it will take you approximately 2 hours to complete this training.

Before beginning, please remember to fill out the Course Registration form below.

If you are new to this learning platform:

1.  Click on the topic heading name or the gray arrowhead to the left to expand each topic (you can also use the "Open All" or "Close All" buttons in the upper left, just above the first topic heading).

2.  The "Course Registration", "Course Evaluation", and "Resources" sections contain hyperlinks that you will click on to open the pages.

3.  Under Section 2, click on "PHV Refresher Training - Cattle" to open the training module.  

4.  Once in the training module, use the left and right arrows on the bottom of the screen to advance slides or go back.  You can also click on the gray blocks to move from one slide to another.

5.  You can expand the training module to full screen mode by clicking on the "double arrow" icon in the lower right corner (then click again to return to normal view.

6.  Make sure to click on any hyperlinks and "info" buttons (denoted by a blue-and-white "i" icon) for additional information.