ACVP Reading List: 2010 Clinical Pathology Certification Examination

From 1998 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
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

Hematology, Cytology/Surgical Pathology, Biochemistry
Journals

• American Journal of Veterinary Research
• Blood
• Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
• Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
• Veterinary Clinical Pathology
• Veterinary Clinics of North America
• Veterinary Pathology

Textbooks

• Cowell, Tyler – Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of the Horse
• Cowell, Tyler, Meinkoth and DeNicola - Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of the Dog and Cat, 3rd Ed
• DiBartola – Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders in Small Animal Practice (Fluid Therapy in Small Animal Practice), 3rd Ed
• Duncan, Prasse, Mahaffey - Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Pathology, 4th Ed
• Feldman, Zinkl and Jain - Schalm's Veterinary Hematology, 5th Ed
• Jain - Essentials of Veterinary Hematology
• Kaneko, Harvey and Bruss - Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals, 6th Ed
• Loeb, Quimby - The Clinical Chemistry of Laboratory Animals, 2nd Ed
• Meyer, Harvey - Veterinary Laboratory Medicine, 3rd Ed
• Osborne - ­ Urinalysis. A clinical guide to compassionate patient care
• Kumar, Abbas, Fausto-Robbins and Cotran:  Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th Ed
• Raskin and Meyer – Atlas of Canine and Feline Cytology, 2nd Ed
• Stockham and Scott - Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Pathology
• Thrall - Veterinary Hematology and Clinical Chemistry
• Tietz – Textbook of Clinical Chemistry
• Tietz - Fundamentals of  Clinical Chemistry