Certification Veterinary Natural Nutrition

"My hope/expectations for this course were exceeded!! I was hoping to learn how to formulate diets, discuss nutrition with my clients confidently, learn the differences and pitfalls of all the diet options available to owners at this time. All these topics were covered extremely thoroughly! Thank you."

Dr Anja Hunter

DVM, CertNAN (CIVT)

United States of America

"The nutrition course was a valuable learning experience for me as a practicing veterinarian. It was remarkably thorough in its scope and provided detailed useful information (which has been my experience with all of my CIVT courses).  Different lecturers had different opinions and methods for diet recommendation which gave the student room to develop individual approaches.  I have become much more comfortable and knowledgeable when discussing nutrition with my clients. Thank you!"

Dr Leah Whipple

VMD, CVA, GDVWHM, CVNN

United States of America

The natural nutrition course offered by CIVT is wonderful.  I have been practicing for over 40 years, and I sure wish we had a course like this when I started out.  After taking the course I feel much more confident in my recommendations for home made diets and also my evaluations of commercial diets.  There were so many things that I believed about real food diets, but I didn’t have the data to back up those beliefs.  Now I do.
I appreciated that the course represented a wide variety of approaches from many different teachers.  I liked that I could do the course on my own time and at my own pace.  
The diet formulator software is invaluable and I loved learning how to use it.  It was fascinating to see the nutritional values change as I added and removed various ingredients. 
All in all, this course is an excellent resource and I wish they would teach more of this material in veterinary school.

Dr Pamela Bouchard

DVM, CVNN

United States of America

"I've recently completed Certificate in Veterinary Natural Nutrition Course. It is my third course that I completed through the CIVT. I can only highly recommend any of the CIVT courses as they are in-depth, highly professional and of scientific backgrounds. There is a lot of friendly, encouraging and professional support from all the mentors and staff of CIVT.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Vet Natural Nutrition Course as it addressed nutrition from different angles, in depth, and was not afraid to touch on and discuss some of the controversies attached to natural feeding and natural diets. I've also kept the membership for the Animal Diet Formulator that we had access to during the course and have already seen many improvements in all sorts of chronic conditions by improving my patients diets.

All the best to anyone who signs up to this course or any other CIVT courses, you will enjoy it."

Dr Martina McPeace

MVDr, BVSc, GDVWHM, GDVA, CVNN

Australia

"I have just finished the Certification in Veterinary Natural Nutrition course. I took it out of interest and because the knowledge I have gained can be used every day in my practice. The course is well structured and the teaching takes place at a high level. Tutors who help with assignments are encouraging, helpful and very skilled. Taking this course is highly recommended.😊"

Dr Katrine Zachariassen

DVM, CVA, CVNN

Denmark

“The CIVT Certification in Veterinary Natural Nutrition course was above and beyond what I expected. It is THE course that was missing from my vet school curriculum. Coming from a predominantly conventional medicine background, I was hesitant to take this course because of my assumed biases. I was pleasantly surprised by how comprehensive and evidence-based the course was. The assignments were incredibly useful for my training  - unlike a multiple choice exam, my skills were actually put to the test with formulation assignments using the Animal Diet Formulator. I recommend this course to any veterinarian with an interest in nutrition, you won't be disappointed.”

Dr Brenna Sakatch

DVM, CVNN, CPEV

Canada

“As a Veterinarian I am frequently asked advice on pet diets. Most of the training I received at university was sponsored by pet food manufacturers and centred around their prescription diets. This left me feeling very under-qualified to offer any alternative advice. The Cert Vet Nutrition Course gave me exactly what I was looking for: an overview of key nutrition concepts and the tools to choose the right diet for the patient, including the option to formulate a balanced tailor-made diet. I found the course unbiased and highly practical. This is the information that we should have been taught at university.”

Dr Amanda McLune

BSc(hons) BVSc(hons), CVA, CCICR, GDAC, CVNN, GDVCHM

Australia