The following references and books are suggested reading for preparation for the 2014 Examination. Other textbooks and current references may be pertinent. Knowledge of basic and applied anatomy is assumed.
Selected References for Small Animal Surgery
- Guyton AC, Hall JE: Textbook of Medical Physiology, W.B. Saunders Co., 11th Ed., 2006 OR 12th Edition 2011 (chapters are equivalent). Chapters 4-13, 16, 20, 22, 25, 29, 30, 36-42, 49, 60, 62-64, 70. — available online
- Lumb and Jones: Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, Blackwell Publishing, (4th Ed), 2007. Chapters 1-21, 26, 36-43, 45-50, 52-53. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 914 L82 2007
- Fossum TW: Small Animal Surgery, Mosby Co., (4th Ed), 2012. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 911 F67 2013
- Boothe DM: Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, (2nd Ed), Elsevier, 2011. Chapter 6 (Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy), Chapter 7 (Antimicrobial drugs), Chapter 19 (GI Physiology), and Chapter 29 (Anti-inflammatory drugs). — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 915 B725s 2012
- Johnson AL, Houlton JEF, Vannini R: AO Principles of Fracture Management in the Dog and Cat, AO Publishing, 2005. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 20, 27. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 914.4 J64 2005
- Bojrab MJ, Monnet E: Mechanisms of Disease in Small Animal Surgery, Teton New Media, (3rd Ed), 2010. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 991 D611 2010
- Tams TR, & Rawlings CA: Small Animal Endoscopy, Elsevier, (3rd Ed), 2011. Chapter 1 (endoscopic instrumentation, etc.), chapter 11 (Energy & stapling devices), chapter 12 (App of LASER energy), chapter 13 (Endoscopic knot tying & suturing), chapter 14 (Psychomotor training), chapter 15 (Laparoscopy), chapter 16 (Thoracoscopy), and chapter 21 (Arthroscopy). — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 774 S635 2011
- Tobias K, Johnston S: Veterinary Surgery: Small Animal, Elsevier, (1st Ed), 2012. — Vet Book Stacks SF 911 V48 2012
Selected References for Large Animal Surgery
- Auer JA, Stick JA: Equine Surgery, W.B. Saunders Co., (4th Ed), 2012. — available online
- Tobias and Johnston, Veterinary Surgery: Small Animal, Volume 1, W.B. Saunders Co., 2012. Chapters 1-19, 41, 46 and 49. — Vet Book Stacks SF 911 V48 2012
- Nixon AJ: Equine Fracture Repair, W.B. Saunders Co., 1996. — Vet Book Stacks SF 951 E637 1996
- Cunningham J, Klein B: Textbook of Veterinary Physiology, W.B. Saunders Co., 2007. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 768 T355 2007 (4th ed.); Vet Reserve Stacks SF 768 T355 2013 (5th ed.)
- Lumb and Jones: Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (4th Ed), Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Chapters 10 and 28. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 914 L82 2007
- Muir WW, Hubbell JAE: Equine Anesthesia: Monitoring and Emergency Therapy (2nd Ed), Saunders, 2009. — Vet Book Stacks SF 914 E64 2009
- Fubini SL, Ducharme NG: Farm Animal Surgery, W.B. Saunders Co., 2004. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 911 F925 2004
- McIlwraith CW, Wright I, Nixon AJ, Boening KJ: Diagnostic and Surgical Arthroscopy in the Horse (3rd Ed). Mosby Ltd, 2006. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 959 J64 M478d 2005
- Boothe DM: Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2nd Ed), Elsevier, 2011. Chapter 6 (Principles of antimicrobial therapy), Chapter 7 (Antimicrobial drugs) and Chapter 29 (Anti-inflammatory drugs). — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 915 B725s 2012
- Fischer AT: Equine Diagnostic and Surgical Laparoscopy, Saunders Co., 2001. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 951 E634 2002
- Stashak TS, Theoret CL: Equine Wound Management, (2nd Ed), Blackwell Publishing, 2008. — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 951 S796e 2008
This list is based on the 2014 reading list. This page was last updated May 2014.