ACVA Suggested Reading List
The following list has been developed by members of the examination committee to provide guidance for candidates studying for the written examination.
TEXTS:
Author:
Guyton, Arthur C.; Hall, John E.
Title:
Textbook of Medical Physiology
Publisher:
W.B. Saunders Company
Author:
Cunningham, James G.
Title:
Textbook of Veterinary Physiology
Publisher:
W.B. Saunders Company
Author:
West, John B.
Title:
Respiratory Physiology
Publisher:
Williams and Wilkins
Author:
West, John B.
Title:
Respiratory Pathophysiology
Publisher:
Williams and Wilkins
Author:
Thurmon, John C.; Tranquilli, William J.; Benson, G. John.
Title:
Lumb and Jones’ Veterinary Anesthesia
Publisher:
Williams and Wilkins
Author:
Muir, William W.; Hubbell John A.E.
Title:
Equine Anesthesia: Monitoring and Emergency Therapy
Publisher:
Mosby Year Book
Author:
Paddleford, Robert R.
Title:
Manual of Small Animal Anesthesia
Publisher:
W.B. Saunders
Author:
Muir WW; Hubbell J; Skarda, R; Bednardski R.
Title:
Handbook of Veterinary Anesthesia
Publisher:
Mosby
Author:
Hall, L.W.; Clarke, K.W.; Trim, C.M.
Title:
Veterinary Anaesthesia
Publisher:
W.B. Saunders
Author:
Taylor, PM; Clarke, KW.
Title:
Handbook of Equine Anaesthesia.
Publisher:
W. B. Saunders
Author:
Hall, L.W.; Taylor, P.M.
Title:
Anaesthesia of the Cat
Publisher:
Bailliere Tindall
Author:
DiBartola, Stephen P.
Title:
Fluid Therapy in Small Animal Practice.
Publisher:
W.B. Saunders Company
Author:
Bonagura, John D.
Title:
Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapies
Publisher:
Williams and Wilkins
Author:
Stoelting, Robert K.
Title:
Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice
Publisher:
Williams and Wilkins
Author:
Martin, Lawrence.
Title:
All you really need to know to interpret arterial blood gases.
Publisher:
Lippincott-Raven
Author:
Shapiro, Barry A; Harrison, Ronald A; Cane, Roy D; Templin, Rozanna.
Title:
Clinical Application of Blood Gases
Publisher:
Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc.
Author:
Lumb, Andrew B; Nunn, J.F.
Title:
Nunn’s Applied Respiratory Physiology
Publisher:
Butterworth Heinemann
Author:
Dorsh, Jerry A.; Dorsh, Susan E.
Title:
Understanding Anesthetic Equipment
Publisher:
W.B. Saunders
Author:
Stoelting, Robert K.; Dierdorf, Stephen F.
Title:
Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease
Publisher:
Churchill Livingstone
Author:
Goodman Gilman, Alfred.; Rall, Theodore W.; Nies, Alan S; Taylor, Palmer.
Title:
Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics.
Publisher:
Pergamon Press
Author:
Slatter, Douglas.
Title:
Textbook of Small Animal Surgery
Publisher:
Saunders
Author:
Wall, Patrick D.; Melzack, Ronald.
Title:
Textbook of Pain
Publisher:
Churchill Livingstone
Author:
Ettinger, Stephen J.; Feldman, Edward C.
Title:
Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Publisher:
W. B. Saunders
Author:
Miller, R.D.
Title:
Anesthesia
Publisher:
Churchill Livingstone
Author:
Parbrook GD, Davis PD, Parbrook EO
Title:
Basic Physics and Measurements in Anesthesia
Publisher:
Heinemann Medical Books Ltd, London.
PERIODICALS and
JOURNALS:
Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
JAVMA
American Journal of Veterinary Research
Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Veterinary Clinics of North America
Veterinary Surgery
Journal Veterinary Internal Medicine
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
JAAHA
Equine Veterinary Journal
Compendium Continuing Education
Veterinary Medicine
Anesthesiology
Anesthesia and Analgesia
British Journal of Anesthesia
Acta Anesthesia Scandanavia
ASA Refresher Courses