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ACVP Reading List: 2010 Anatomic Pathology Certification Examination

From 1997 through 2009 the following textbooks and journals provided references for approximately 80% of the questions of the indicated sections of the Certifying examinations. These lists are arranged in alphabetical order. Particularly with the textbooks, it is important to recognize that one of several texts on a given subject may suffice; it is not necessarily advisable to read multiple textbooks on the same subject. It is advisable to use the most current editions of textbooks. For journal articles, most were published within the last 5 years. These lists are not all-inclusive lists, and the exam will not necessarily be limited to these references.

General Pathology
Clinical Pathology
Dog and Cat
Laboratory Animal
Large Animal
NEWZ

General Pathology

Journals

  • American Journal of Pathology
  • American Journal of Veterinary Research
  • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
  • Journal of Pathology
  • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • Laboratory Investigation
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Science
  • Toxicologic Pathology
  • Veterinary Pathology

Textbooks

  • Cheville-Ultrastructural Pathology:  An Introduction to Interpretation
  • Haschek and Rousseaux -Fundamentals of Toxicologic Pathology, 2nd Ed
  • Haschek, Rousseauz, and Wallig - Handbook of Toxicologic Pathology, 2nd Ed
  • Jones, Hunt, King -Veterinary Pathology, 6th Ed
  • Caserett and Doull’s Toxicology, 6th Ed
  • Kumar, Abbas, Fausto-Robbins and Cotran:  Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th Ed
  • McGavin, Zachary - Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, 4th Ed
  • Slauson, Cooper - Mechanisms of Disease, 3rd Ed

Clinical Pathology

Journals

  • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
  • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Toxicologic Pathology
  • Veterinary Clinical Pathology
  • Veterinary Pathology

Textbooks

  • Duncan, Prasse and Mahaffey - Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Pathology, 4th Ed
  • Jain - Essentials of Veterinary Hematology
  • Raskin and Meyer – Atlas of Canine and Feline Cytology, 2nd Ed
  • Thrall – Veterinary Hematology and Clinical Chemistry
  • Cowell, Tyler, Meinkoth and DeNicola – Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of the Dog and Cat, 3rd Ed

Dog and Cat

Journals

  • American Journal of Pathology
  • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
  • Journal of Comparative Pathology
  • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • Veterinary Dermatology
  • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
  • Veterinary Pathology

Textbooks

  • Greene - Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat
  • Gross - Veterinary Dermatology
  • Jones, Hunt, and King - Veterinary Pathology
  • Jubb, Kennedy, and Palmer - Pathology of Domestic Animals, 5th Ed
  • McGavin and Zachary - Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, 4th Ed
  • Meuten -  Tumors of Domestic Animals, 4th Ed
  • Summers - Veterinary Neuropathology
  • Yager, Wilcock - Color Atlas of Surgical Pathology of the Dog & Cat

Laboratory Animal

Journals

  • American Journal of Pathology
  • Comparative Medicine (Laboratory Animal Science)
  • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Laboratory Investigation
  • Toxicologic Pathology
  • Veterinary Pathology

Textbooks

  • Bennett, Abee and Henrickson - Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Diseases
  • Boorman, Eustis, Elwell, Montgomery and MacKenzie - Pathology of the Fischer Rat
  • Fox, Anderson, Loew and Quimby - Laboratory Animal Medicine, 2nd Ed
  • Fox - Biology and Diseases of the Ferret, 2nd Ed
  • Fox, Barthold, Davisson, Newcomer, Quimby and Smith - The Mouse in Biomedical Research, 2nd Ed
  • Jones, Hunt and King – Veterinary Pathology, 6th Ed
  • Maronpot, Boorman and Gaul - Pathology of the Mouse
  • Percy and Barthold - Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits, 3rd Ed
  • Ward, Mahler, Maronpot and Sundberg - Pathology of Genetically Engineered Mice

Large Animal

Journals

  • American Journal of Veterinary Research
  • Journal of Comparative Pathology
  • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Journal of Veterinary Medical Association
  • Veterinary Pathology
  • Veterinary Record

Textbooks

  • Jones, Hunt, King - Veterinary Pathology, 6th Ed
  • Jubb, Kennedy and Palmer - Pathology of Domestic Animals, 5th Ed
  • McGavin and Zachary - Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, 4th Ed
  • Meuten - Tumors in Domestic Animals, 4th Ed
  • Slauson and Cooper - Mechanisms of Disease, 3rd Ed
  • Tizard  - Veterinary Immunology, 6th Ed

NEWZ

Journals

  • Avian Diseases
  • Avian Pathology
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
  • Journal of Comparative Pathology
  • Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • Journal of Wildlife Diseases
  • Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
  • Veterinary Pathology

Textbooks

  • Saif - Diseases of Poultry, 11th Ed
  • Fowler and Miller - Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Current Therapy, Volumes 5 & 6
  • Williams and Barker - Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals
  • Thomas, Hunter and Atkinson - Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds
  • Roberts - Fish Pathology
  • Noga - Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Schmidt, Reavill and Phalen - Pathology of Pet and Aviary Birds
  • Mader - Reptile Medicine and Surgery
  • Wright and Whitaker – Amphibian Medicine and Captive Husbandry