ACVN Books: Small Animal

The most recent edition of these books:

Biochemistry (choose one)

  • Alberts B. Molecular biology of the cell, 5th ed. (2008) — not available at Tufts; 4th ed. (2002) available online
  • Brody T. Nutritional biochemistry (1999), available online
  • Gillham B. Will’s biochemical basis of medicine, 3rd ed (1997) — not available at Tufts
  • Harper’s illustrated biochemistry, 29th ed. (2012), available online
  • Kaneko, Harvey and Bruss. Clinical biochemistry of domestic animals, 6th ed. (2008)  — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 769.3 C641 2008
  • Shil, Shike, Ross, Cabalero and Cousins (Eds). Modern Nutrition in Health and
    Disease, 11th ed. (2014), available online
  • Stipanuk MH. Biochemical and physiological aspects of human nutrition, 3rd ed. (2013)  — not available at Tufts

Required Small Animal Nutrition Reading (most recent edition):

  • Hand, Thatcher, Remillard and Roudebush. Small animal clinical nutrition, 5th ed. (2010)  — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 427.4 S635 2010
  • The Nutrient requirements of dogs and cats (2006)  — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 427.4 N39 2006
  • Kirk, Bartges (Eds): Dietary management and nutrition. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 36(6) 2006, available online

Physiology (choose one; most recent edition)

  • Duke’s Physiology of domestic animals, 13th ed. (2015)  — not available at Tufts; 12th ed. (2004) Vet Reserve Stacks SF 768 D8771 2004
  • Guyton and Hall Textbook of medical physiology, 12th ed. (2011), available online
  • Ganong’s review of medical physiology, 24th ed. (2012), available online

Other Canine and Feline Nutrition Texts (overlap with other books):
The most recent edition of…

  • Pibot, Biourge and Elliott (Eds): The Encyclopedia of canine clinical nutrition (2006) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 427.4 E53 2006
  • Pibot, Biourge and Elliott (Eds): The Encyclopedia of feline clinical nutrition (2008)  — not available at Tufts
  • Buffington, Holloway and Abood (Eds): Manual of veterinary dietetics (2004  — Vet Reserve and Book Stacks   SF 427.4 B84 2004
  • Case, Hirkawa, Carey, Daristotle (Eds). Canine & feline nutrition: a resource for companion animal professionals, 3rd ed. (2011)  — Vet Book Stacks SF 991 C337c 2011
  • Rombeau JL, Rolandelli RH. Clinical nutrition parenteral nutrition, 3rd ed. (2000)  — not available at Tufts; Veterinary Library has 2nd ed. (1993) Vet Book Stacks WB 410 C6415 1993

This list is based on the 2014 reading list.

This page was last updated January 2015.