This guide contains the list of books and journals recommended as study materials for the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (ACVAA) examination.
Residents are responsible for ensuring they are using the correct edition of a book for their exam.
Please ask your librarian, mentor, or specialty board examination committee if questions arise.
"Candidates are advised to prepare for the examination by a systematic review of recent textbooks and periodicals. WE CANNOT DEFINE CONCLUSIVELY THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO PASS THIS EXAMINATION. The following list is ONLY A GUIDELINE. Other selected chapters in different textbooks or articles in journals may be used by the candidates.
"The examination questions and referenced answers are based on the list of textbooks below. The emphasis of the examination is on these recently published textbooks and research papers, however earlier principles reflected in key papers and references essential for the current practice of anesthesia and analgesia may be used."
Source: 2015 ACVAA Suggested Resources for Residents and Exam Candidates, American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia.
This resource updated: 11/1/2022
Textbooks updated to most recent edition: 2/22/2022
Source reading list reviewed: 07/2022
Source reading list updated by specialty board: 07/2022
Most recent editions.
Veterinary Anesthesia/Analgesia Textbooks | Human Anesthesia Textbooks | Pain | Physics | Physiology | Pharmacology | Anatomy | General Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia by 
Clinical Anesthesia Fundamentals by 
Lumb and Jones' Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia by 
Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals by 
Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management by 
Understanding Anesthesia Equipment by
Cunningham's Textbook of Veterinary Physiology by 
Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13th Edition by 
Stoelting's Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice by 
Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice by 
Dyce, Sack, and Wensing's Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy by 
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders in Small Animal Practice by 
Large Animal Internal Medicine by 
Ettinger's texbook of veterinary internal medicine Ettinger's texbook of veterinary internal medicine by 
Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics by 
Handbook of Clinical Anaesthesia, Fourth Edition by 
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology by 
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology by 
Canine and Feline Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease by 
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