This guide contains the list of books and journals recommended as study materials for the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Large Animal Specialty board exam.
This resource updated: 5/29/2024
Textbooks updated to most recent edition: 3/3/2022
Source reading list reviewed: 5/29/2024
Source reading list updated by specialty board: 12/11/2023
The links below take you to the resources at the publishers' websites, which might prompt you for payment. Your library might be able to provide these resources at comparatively lower or no cost to you. Tools like Unpaywall may also allow you to freely and legally access some of the articles you’re interested in. Open access journals in which all articles are freely available are marked with .
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Note: The large animal medicine certifying examination is written in accordance with USA (USDA/APHIS) regulations regarding the extra label use of drugs and legal use of antimicrobials. Candidates need to know drugs illegal for use and legal regulations surrounding common antimicrobials used in food producing animals in the US. The website may proved useful in reviewing pertinent US regulations regarding drug use in food animals.