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.
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This resource updated: 6/21/2016
Source reading list reviewed: 1/11/2017
Source reading list updated by specialty board: 9/9/2015
Most recent editions.
Veterinary Anesthesia/Analgesia Textbooks | Human Anesthesia Textbooks | Pain | Physics | Physiology | Pharmacology | Anatomy | General Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Equine Anesthesia Monitoring and Emergency Therapy by 
Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals by 
Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia, 2nd edition by 
Understanding Anesthesia Equipment by 
Nunn's Applied Respiratory Physiology by 
Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Edition by 
Handbook of 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 
Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Diseases of the Dog and the Cat by 
Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 10 edition by "Relevant chapters to anesthesia and analgesia."
West's Respiratory Physiology: the Essentials, 10th edition by 
Handbook of Veterinary Clinical Research by 
Stoelting's Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease by 
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 13th ed. by Last 5 years.
Relevant issues may be older than 5 years.
