Animal Rehab Institute · Public CERA course curriculum available on 2026-10-20; no formal syllabus version or effective date stated. CERA is a certification pathway assessed through course examinations and a case study, with required practical instruction; a separate standardized examination was not established.

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• Course List — Animal Rehab Institute
• Introduction to Equine Rehabilitation Therapy for CERA Students
• Equine Athletics Module
• Distal Limb — CVM Large Animal Anatomy
• Neurological Examination in the Horse
• Effect of Water Depth on Limb and Back Kinematics in Horses Walking on a Water Treadmill
• Swing phase kinematics of horses trotting over poles
• Dynamic mobilisation exercises increase cross sectional area of musculus multifidus
• Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Dynamic Mobilization Exercises on Equine Multifidus Muscle Cross-Sectional Area
• Effects of 1-MHz Ultrasound on Epaxial Muscle Temperature in Horses
• Effects of High Intensity Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Tendon and Ligament Injuries in Performance Horses
• In vivo effects of cold therapy and bandaging on core temperatures of equine superficial and deep digital flexor tendons
• Distal limb immersion in ice and water is the most effective means of cooling the equine hoof lamellae under clinically relevant conditions
• General Wound Management in Horses
• Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM1)
• Providing your horse vitamins and minerals
• Influence of trotting and supplemental weight on metacarpal bone development
• Regenerative Medicine in Equine Surgery
• Courses — Animal Rehab Institute
• Certified Equine Rehabilitation Assistant (CERA) — Animal Rehab Institute
• Tendon and ligament anatomy — Large Animal Surgery
• Equine Rehabilitation — UC Davis Horse Report
• Algometry to measure pain threshold in the horse’s back – An in vivo and in vitro study
• How Do You Know if a Horse is Lame?
• Exercise Therapy — UC Davis Horse Report
• Conformation of the horse
• Efficacy of spinal manipulation and mobilisation on trunk flexibility and stiffness in horses: a randomised clinical trial
• Early and long-term changes of equine skeletal muscle in response to endurance training and detraining
• Equine Manual Therapies in Sport Horse Practice
• Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP) — Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
• Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) — Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
• Glycogen Branching Enzyme Deficiency (GBED) — UC Davis
• Early and long-term changes of equine skeletal muscle in response to endurance training and detraining