Veterinary Specialty Boards Reading Lists
ACVIM Neurology Reading List
This is only a convenience copy of the ACVIM reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ACVIM reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ACVIM reading list.
"This reading list is provided to aid candidates in preparing for the Neurology Specialty Examination. It is NOT a complete listing of all texts/journals from which questions may be drawn but represents a body of work that a qualified candidate should know. For textbooks, please refer to the latest available edition."
Suggested reading list:
Practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology (3rd ed.) by Call Number: SF992.N3 P73 2016ISBN: 9781119946113Publication Date: 20153rd edition.
E-BOOK and print
Piermattei's Atlas of Surgical Approaches to the Bones and Joints of the Dog and Cat (5th ed.) by Call Number: SF981 .P54 2014ISBN: 9781437716344Publication Date: 20135th edition
E-BOOK and print
King's Applied Anatomy of the Central Nervous System of Domestic Mammals (2nd ed.) by Call Number: SF761 .K564 2018ISBN: 9781118401118Publication Date: 20182nd edition
E-BOOK and print
Fisch and Spehlmann's EEG Primer: Basic Principles of Digital and Analog EEG by ISBN: 9780444821485Publication Date: 1999Request via Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Neurology (4th ed.) by ISBN: 9781905319343Publication Date: 20124th edition.
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Canine Neurology: Diagnosis and Treatment by Call Number: SF992.N3 H63 1978ISBN: 9780721647128Publication Date: 1978
Clinical Syndromes in Veterinary Neurology (2nd ed.) by ISBN: 9780801673542Publication Date: 19932nd edition.
Current Techniques in Canine and Feline Neurosurgery by ISBN: 9781118711460Publication Date: 2017E-BOOK and print
Current Techniques in Small Animal Surgery (5th ed.) by Call Number: SF991 .C87 2014ISBN: 9781591610359Publication Date: 2014-10-24
Deafness in Dogs and Cats by Call Number: SF992.D33 S77 2011ISBN: 1845939379Publication Date: 2011E-BOOK and print
Mechanisms of Disease in Small Animal Surgery (3rd ed.) by Call Number: SF991 .M43 2010ISBN: 9781591610380Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Electrodiagnosis in Diseases of Nerve and Muscle (4th ed.) by ISBN: 9780199738687Publication Date: 20134th edition
Request via Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders (3rd ed.) by ISBN: 9781455744732Publication Date: 20133rd edition
E-BOOK
Equine Neurology (2nd ed.) by Call Number: SF959.N47 E68 2015ISBN: 9781118501474Publication Date: 20152nd edition.
E-BOOK and print
Fundamentals of Canine Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology by Call Number: SF992.N3 U36 2015ISBN: 9781118771761Publication Date: 2015E-BOOK and print
Handbook of Veterinary Neurology (5th ed.) by Call Number: SF895 .O44 2011ISBN: 9781437706512Publication Date: 2010-12-145th edition
E-BOOK and print- Histological Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System of Domestic Animals by ISBN: 9781881041566Publication Date: 1999Request via Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat (4th ed.) by Call Number: SF991 .I54 2012ISBN: 9781416061304Publication Date: 20114th edition.
Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XIV by ISBN: 9780721694979Publication Date: 200814th edition.
New edition available
Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XV by ISBN: 9780323227629Publication Date: 201315th edition
E-BOOK
Large Animal Neurology (2nd ed.) by Call Number: SF895 .M39 2008ISBN: 9781405154932Publication Date: 20082nd edition
Physiological and Clinical Anatomy of the Domestic Mammals by ISBN: 9780632053858Publication Date: 1999Volume 1, Central Nervous System
Principles of Neural Science (5th ed.) by Call Number: QP355.2 .P76 2013ISBN: 9780071390118Publication Date: 20125th edition.
E-BOOK and print
Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology (25th ed.) by ISBN: 9780071825108Publication Date: 201525th edition
23rd edition available at CSU
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (9th ed.) by Call Number: RB111 .R62 2015ISBN: 9781455726134Publication Date: 20149th edition.
E-BOOK and print
Small Animal Neurological Emergencies by Call Number: SF895 .P53 2012ISBN: 9781840761528Publication Date: 2012E-BOOK and print
Small Animal Spinal Disorders: Diagnosis and surgery (2nd ed.) by Call Number: SF981 .S43 2005ISBN: 9780723432098Publication Date: 20042nd edition
E-BOOK and print
Small Animal Surgery (Fossum) (5th ed.) by Call Number: SF911 .F67 2019ISBN: 9780323443449Publication Date: 20185th edition
Textbook of Small Animal Surgery (Slatter) (3rd ed.) by Call Number: SF911 .T49 2003ISBN: 9780721686073Publication Date: 20023rd edition.
2 volumes.
Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology (7th ed.) by Call Number: SF757.8 .T48 2018ISBN: 9780323482479Publication Date: 2017-12-197th edition
E-BOOK and print
Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (8th ed.) (Ettinger) by Call Number: SF991 .T48 2017ISBN: 9780323312110Publication Date: 2016-12-198th edition
Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook (9th ed.) by Call Number: SF917 .P58 2018ISBN: 9781119346494Publication Date: 20189th edition
Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology (4th ed.) by Call Number: SF895 .D44 2015ISBN: 9781455748563Publication Date: 20144th edition
Veterinary Neuropathology: Essentials of Theory and Practice by ISBN: 9780470670569Publication Date: 2012
Veterinary Ophthalmology (5th ed.) by ISBN: 9780470960400Publication Date: 20132 volumes.
5th edition.
This is only a convenience copy of the ACVIM reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ACVIM reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ACVIM reading list.
Suggested reading:
- Back ProblemsVeterinary Clinics of North America, Equine Practice, 15(1). Haussler, 1999.
- Clinical NeurologyVeterinary Clinics of North America, Equine Practice, 27(3). Divers, 2011.
- Selected Neurologic and Muscular DiseasesVeterinary Clinics of North America, Equine Practice, 13(1). Lofstedt; Collatos, 1997.
- Exotic Animal NeurologyVeterinary Clinics of North America, Exotic Animal Practice, 21(1). Orosz, 2018.
- Neuroanatomy and NeurodiagnosticsVeterinary Clinics of North America, Exotic Animal Practice, 10(3). Tell, 2007.
- Food Animal NeurologyVeterinary Clinics of North America, Food Animal Practice, 33(1). Washburn, 2017.
- Ruminant Neurologic DiseasesVeterinary Clinics of North America, Food Animal Practice, 20(2). Constable, 2004.
- Intracranial DiseaseVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 26(4). Bagley, 1996.
- Common Neurologic ProblemsVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 18(3). Luttgen, 1998.
- Common Neurologic ProblemsVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 30(1). Thomas, 2000.
- Diseases of the BrainVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 40(1). Thomas, 2010.
- Diseases of the SpineVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 22(4). Moore, 1992.
- NeurologyVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 48(1). Kerwin, 2018.
- Neuromuscular DiseasesVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 32(1). Shelton, 2002.
- Neuromuscular Diseases IIVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 34(6). Shelton, 2004.
- Advances in Veterinary NeurologyVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 10(1). Chrisman, 1980.
- Advances in Veterinary NeurologyVeterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 44(6). Olby, 2014.
This is only a convenience copy of the ACVIM reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries. It does not replace the official ACVIM reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ACVIM reading list.
- Canadian Veterinary Journal
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- Seminars in Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryContinued as Clinical techniques in small animal practice
