I'd like opinions on the credentials for Sabine Contreras - the author of The Dog Food Project and a self-proclaimed animal nutrition consultant. According to her website:
"At school in Germany she attended Biology and Chemistry classes for 8 and 6 consecutive years respectively and during her 2 1/2 year professional apprenticeship, nutrition/dietetics was part of the accompanying education, and the final written and oral exams by the state of Baden-Württemberg. After completing coursework in Animal Nutrition, Care, Physiology, Diseases and Parasitology, Sabine earned her certification in Animal Care from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada."
In Germany, the woman has a combined 14 years of study in Biology and Chemistry, and the mention of oral exams indicates to me that she was in a graduate degree program (comparable to the U.S.'s PhD program?).
In Canada, she earned her certificate from University of Guelph, which is the oldest veterinary school in North America. The certification she received is a continuing education and applied training program offered only to licensed Canadian veterinarians working in the field of Laboratory Animal Medicine.
Are her credentials any less impressive simply because she didn't obtain them in the US? Or am I just completely missing something here? That's definitely possible since I was raised in the US and am not familiar with the education offered in other countries. Still, I assumed that a veterinarian in Canada couldn't be that different from an American veterinarian. What are your opinions?
Better Dog Care, Better Dog Nutrition - Creating Healthy Lifestyles for Canines: About Sabine Program Website - Office of Open Learning - University of Guelph Ontario Veterinary College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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