Veterinary Specialty Boards Reading Lists
ABVP - Feline Reading List
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
Medicine and Surgery
Clinical Veterinary Advisor - Dogs and Cats by ISBN: 9780323068642Publication Date: 20102nd edition.
New edition available.
Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline by ISBN: 9780781773607Publication Date: 20084th edition.
New editions available.
Handbook of Small Animal Practice (5th ed.) by Call Number: SF991 .H228 2008ISBN: 9781416039495Publication Date: 20075th edition
E-BOOK and print
Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (6th ed.) (Ettinger) by ISBN: 0721601170Publication Date: 2004
Small Animal Internal Medicine by ISBN: 032301724XPublication Date: 20033rd edition.
New editions available
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
Behavior
Canine and Feline Behavior by ISBN: 9780781757355Publication Date: 2007Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult, Clinical Companion.
Handbook of Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat by ISBN: 9780702027109Publication Date: 20032nd edition.
New edition available.
Cardiovascular
Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology (4th ed.) by Call Number: SF992.C37 M36 2008ISBN: 9781416023982Publication Date: 2007-12-14
Cardiovascular Disease in Small Animal Medicine (3rd ed.) by ISBN: 9781840761535Publication Date: 20113rd edition with revisions
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
Endocrine
Canine and Feline Endocrinology and Reproduction (3rd ed.) by Call Number: SF992.E53 F45 2004ISBN: 0721693156Publication Date: 2003E-BOOK and print
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endocrinology (3rd ed.) by ISBN: 0905214722Publication Date: 20043rd edition
New edition available
Gastrointestinal
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Gastroenterology by ISBN: 9780905214733Publication Date: 20052nd edition.
British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA).
Genetic
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
Hemic/Lymphatic
Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of the Dog and Cat by ISBN: 9780323034227Publication Date: 20073rd edition.
New edition available
Immunologic
Veterinary Immunology (8th ed.) by ISBN: 9781416049890Publication Date: 20088th edition.
New edition available
Infectious
Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat (3rd ed.) by ISBN: 072160062XPublication Date: 20053rd edition.
New edition available
Canine and Feline Infectious Diseases and Parasitology (1st ed.) by ISBN: 078174766XPublication Date: 2006
Integument/Mammary
Small Animal Dermatology: A Color Atlas and Therapeutic Guide (3rd ed.) by Call Number: SF992.S55 M44 2011ISBN: 9781416056638Publication Date: 2010
Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat: Clinical and Histopathologic Diagnosis by ISBN: 9780632064526Publication Date: 20052nd edition.
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
Metabolic
Textbook of Veterinary Physiology by ISBN: 9781416036104Publication Date: 20074th edition.
New edition available.
Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders in Small Animal Practice by ISBN: 9781416064404Publication Date: 20053rd edition.
Never edition/s available.
Musculoskeletal
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Musculoskeletal Disorders by ISBN: 9780905214801Publication Date: 2006British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA).
Atlas of Feline Anatomy for Veterinarians by ISBN: 9780721640044Publication Date: 19931st edition.
New edition available.
Nervous
Nutritional
Manual of Veterinary Dietetics by Call Number: SF992.N88 B84 2004ISBN: 9780721601236Publication Date: 2004E-BOOK and print
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
Oral/Dentition
Feline Dentistry: Oral Assessment, Treatment, and Preventative Care by Call Number: SF867 .B447 2010ISBN: 9780813816135Publication Date: 2010E-BOOK and print
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Dentistry (3rd ed.) by Call Number: SF992.M68 B738 2007ISBN: 9780905214870Publication Date: 2007Previous title: BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Dentistry
3rd edition.
Oncology
Feline Oncology: A Comprehensive Guide to Compassionate Care by ISBN: 9781884254536Publication Date: 2001
Pathologic
Pharmacologic
Veterinary Drug Handbook by ISBN: 9780470959657Publication Date: 20117th edition.
New edition available
Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2nd ed.) by Call Number: SF991 .B676 2012ISBN: 9780721605555Publication Date: 20122nd edition.
Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (8th ed.) by ISBN: 9780813817439Publication Date: 20018th edition.
Newer edition/s available.
Reproductive
- Canine and Feline Endocrinology and Reproduction (3rd ed.) by Call Number: SF992.E53 F45 2004ISBN: 0721693156Publication Date: 2003E-BOOK and print
Respiratory
Textbook of Respiratory Disease in Dogs and Cats by Call Number: SF991 .K56 2004ISBN: 9780721687063Publication Date: 2003-12-12E-BOOK and print
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
Special Senses
Diagnostic Atlas of Veterinary Ophthalmology (2nd ed.) by Call Number: SF891 .B37 2006ISBN: 9780723432807Publication Date: 20062nd edition.
Color Atlas of Canine and Feline Ophthalmology by Call Number: SF992.E92 D95 2004ISBN: 9780721682396Publication Date: 2004E-BOOK and print
Slatter's Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology (4th ed.) by Call Number: SF891 .S53 2008ISBN: 9780721605616Publication Date: 2007-10-02
Essentials of Veterinary Ophthalmology (2nd ed.) by ISBN: 9780781785594Publication Date: 20082nd edition.
New edition available
Ear, Nose, Throat, and Tracheobronchial Diseases in Dogs and Cats by ISBN: 9783877066355Publication Date: 2005
Small Animal Ear Diseases (2nd ed.) by Call Number: SF992.O74 G68 2005ISBN: 9780721601373Publication Date: 20042nd edition
E-BOOK and print
Surgical
Small Animal Surgery (Fossum) (3rd ed.) by ISBN: 9780323044394Publication Date: 20073rd edition.
Newer edition/s available.
Textbook of Small Animal Surgery (Slatter) (3rd ed.) by Call Number: SF911 .T49 2003ISBN: 9780721686073Publication Date: 20023rd edition.
2 volumes.
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
Toxicologic
Handbook of Small Animal Toxicology and Poisonings by ISBN: 9780323012461Publication Date: 20032nd edition.
Small Animal Toxicology (2nd ed.) by ISBN: 9780721606392Publication Date: 20052nd edition.
Newer edition/s available.
Urogenital
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Nephrology and Urology by ISBN: 9780905214931Publication Date: 20072nd edition.
British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA).
Urological Disorders of the Dog and Cat by ISBN: 9781840760958Publication Date: 2008Reprint available.
Zoonotic
Handbook of Zoonoses:Identification and Prevention by Call Number: RA639 .C655 2007ISBN: 9780323044783Publication Date: 2007E-BOOK and print
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
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Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine, Volume 5 by Call Number: SF985 .C66 2006ISBN: 9780721604237Publication Date: 2005-12-085th edition
New edition available
Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine, Volume 6 by ISBN: 9781416056416Publication Date: 20096th edition.
New edition available
Problem-Based Feline Medicine by Call Number: SF985 .P69 2006ISBN: 9780702024887Publication Date: 2006E-BOOK and print
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
"This is not an inclusive list. If you would like to have a publication considered for this list, please contact the feline regent. Questions on the exam may be taken from sources other than this list.
"Additional in-depth material for each category may be accessed online on www.vin.com."
Source: ABVP Study Guide - Feline Practice
This resource updated: 10/21/2014
Source reading list reviewed: 10/21/2014
Source reading list updated by specialty board: 7/28/2012
