AIMVT Suggested Reading

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AIMVT Exam Suggested Reading

The AIMVT examination questions will be reflective of the knowledge needed by the Veterinary Technician who is working at an advanced level in the field of Internal Medicine. The technician can augment their hands on experience and knowledge by becoming familiar with the details that relate to the medicine and treatments of the patient he or she cares for. The texts listed on the AIMVT website are simply suggested study material. They are not meant to be read in their entirety. The list is extensive to increase the chances that at least some are readily available to the interested technicians. We suggest referring to the Exam Domains and Exam Content portion outlined on the web. Think about these items as they relate to your daily work as a veterinary technician. Consider general principles as well as those that may be unique to your specialty field. One reasonable approach would be to think about a particular case, the diagnosis, diseases and conditions involved, the lab work and the information that the lab work and other diagnostic procedures provides. Think about the medications used and why, what do they do, what are complications of use, how are they used. Think about the procedures, why are they done? Consider if the condition may have been prevented, and if so, how? These are just a few ideas for preparing for the credentialing examination. Good luck with your work and with your studies.

General Internal Medicine

Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2 volume set. Stephen J. Ettinger, Edward C. Feldman, 5th Ed. W. B. Saunders Company, 2000. ISBN: 0721672566
Veterinary Drug Handbook, Donald C. Plumb, 4th Ed. Blackwell Professional, 2002. ISBN: 0813817862
Review of Medical Physiology William F. Ganong, 21st Ed. McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange. ISBN: 0071402365
Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy, Ed. Springhouse Publishing Staff, 2nd Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002. ISBN: 1582551367
Mosby's Comprehensive Review for Veterinary Technicians, Monica M. Tighe and Marg Brown. 2nd Ed., C. V. Mosby, 2002. ISBN: 032301934X
Handbook of Veterinary Anesthesia, William W. Muir, et. al. 3rd Ed. Mosby Publication, 2000. ISBN: 0323008011
Veterinary Clinical Examination and Diagnosis, O. M. Radositis, et. al. W. B. Saunders, 2000. ISBN: 0702024767
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, D. C. Blood and V. P. Studdert, 2nd Ed. W. B. Saunders, 1999. ISBN: 0702020346
Clinical Anatomy & Physiology for Veterinary Technicians, Thomas Colville; Joanna Bassert: Mosby Publication. ISBN: 0323008194
Nutrition for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses; Ann Wortinger; Blackwell Publishing ISBN 13: 978-0-8138-2913-5 ISBN-10: 0-8138-2913-5
Textbook of Veterinary Pathophysiology, James G. Cunningham and Bradley G. Klein, Saunders; 2007; ISBN: 978-1-4160-3610-4

Oncology

Veterinary Oncology Secrets, Robert C. Rosenthal. Hanley and Belfus. 2001. ISBN: 1-56053-416-8
Cancer in Dogs and Cat, Wallace B. Morrison. 1st Ed.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 1998. ISBN: 0683061054
Tumors in Domestic Animals, Donald J. Meuten. 4th Ed. Blackwell Professional, 2002. ISBN: 0813826527
Small Animal Internal Medicine, Richard W. Nelson and C. Guillermo Couto. 3rd Ed. C. V. Mosby 2003. ISBN: 032301724X
Managing the Cancer Patient, Gregory K. Oglivie and Antony S. Moore 1997. Veterinary Learning Systems. ASIN: 1884254209
Out of Print - Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook, Robert T. Dorr. Elsevier, 1980. ASIN: 0444003436
Small Animal Clinical Oncology, Stephen J. Withrow and E. Gregory MacEwen, 3rd Ed. W. B. Saunders, 2001 ISBN: 072167755X
Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, Howard E. Evans, Ph.D., W.B. Saunders Co; third edition, 1988. ISBN: 0-7216-2323-9
Small Animal Clinical Oncology, Stephen J. Withrow, DVM and E. Gregory MacEwen, VMD, W.B. Saunders Co; second edition, 1996. ISBN: 0-7216-5592-0
Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2 volume set, Stephen J. Ettinger, Edward C. Feldman, Elsevier Saunders; sixth edition, 2005. ISBN: 0-7216-0117-0
Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, Donald C. Plumb, Pharm.D., Blackwell Publishing; 6th edition, 2007. ISBN:
Withrow & MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology, Stephen J. Withrow, DVM, DACVS, DACVIM (Oncology) and David M. Vail, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), Saunders Elsevier; fourth edition, 2007 ISBN: 0-7216-0558-3
Small Animal Internal Medicine, Richard W. Nelson, DVM, DACVIM and C. Guillermo Couto, DVM, DACVIM, Mosby; third edition, 2003. ISBN: 0-323-01724X
Small Animal Anesthesia Canine and Feline Practice, Diane McKelvey, DVM and K. Wayne Hollingshead, DVM, M.Sc, Mosby, 1994. ISBN: 0-8016-7961-3
Managing the Veterinary Cancer Patient. A Practice Manual, Gregory K. Ogilvie, DVM, DACVIM and Antony S. Moore, MVSc, DACVIM, VLS, 1995. ISBN: 1-884254-20-9
Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology, Donald E. Thrall, DVM, PhD, DACVR, W.B. Saunders Co, fourth edition, 2002 ISBN: 0-7216-8820-9

Large Animal Internal Medicine

Large Animal Internal Medicine. Bradford P. Smith, 3rd Ed. C.V. Mosby, 2002. ISBN: 0323009468
The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult-Equine. Joseph Bertone and Christopher M. Brown, PhD. 1st Ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2001. ISBN: 0683306057
Equine Veterinary Nursing Manual. Karen M. Coumbe. 1st Ed., Iowa State Press, 2001. ISBN: 0632057270

Manual of Equine Practice. Reuben J. Rose and David R. Hodgson. W.B. 2nd Ed., Saunders Company, 2000. ISBN 0721686656
Veterinarian Practical Reference to Equine Nutrition. Kent Thompson
Manual of Equine Emergencies: Treatment & Procedures, James A. Orsini and Thomas J. Divers. 2nd Ed. W.B. Saunders Company, 2003. ISBN: 0721692982
Veterinary Clinics of North America-Equine PracticeVet. Clinics of N America, "Advances in Medical Oncology", 5/03 - Kitchell, editor.
Large Animal Anesthesia. T.W. Riebold, D.R. Geiser, D.O. Goble. 2nd Ed. Iowa State Press, 1995. ISBN: 0813807743
Jensen and Swift's Diseases of Sheep, Cleon V. Kimberling. 3rd Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ASIN: 0812110994
Medicine and Surgery of South American Camelids: Llama Alpaca Vicuna Guanaco. Murray E. Fowler. 2nd Ed. Iowa State Press 1998. ISBN: 0813803977
Sheep and Goat Medicine; D. G. Pugh. 1st Ed. W. B. Saunders Company, 2001. ISBN: 0721690521
Veterinary Medicine, A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses, D. C. Blood and O. M. Radostits, et. al. 9th Ed. W. B. Saunders, 2000.
Equine Internal Medicine, Stephen M. Reed, Warwick M. Bayly, Debra C. Sellon, 2nd Ed. Saunders, 2004
Large Animal Clinical Procedures for Veterinary Technicians, Elizabeth A.Hanie, Elsevier Mosby 2006. ISBN 0323028551
Equine Neonatology Medicine and Surgery, Derek Knottenbelt, Nicola Holdstock, John E. Madigan, Saunders, 2004. ISBN 0702026921
Blackwell's five minute veterinary consult: Ruminant by Wiley-Blackwell, published 2008, written by Scott R. R. Haskell. ISBN 978-0-7817-5325-8

Cardiology

Manual of Echocardiography, June A. Boon, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998. ISBN: 0683009389
Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XIII: Small Animal Practice, John Bonagura, W. B. Saunders, 1999. ISBN: 0721655238
Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XII: Small Animal Practice, John Bonagura, 12th Ed. W. B. Saunders, 1995. ASIN: 0721651887
Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 2 volume set; Stephen J. Ettinger, Edward C. Feldman, 5th Ed. W. B. Saunders, 2000. ISBN: 0721672566
Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine, Mark D. Kittleson and Richard D. Keinle, 1st Ed. C. V. Mosby, 1998. ISBN: 0815151403
Textbook of Canine and Feline Cardiology: Principles and Clinical Practice, Philip R. Fox, David Sisson, N. Sydney Moise, 2nd Ed., W. B. Saunders, 1999. ISBN: 0721640443
Essentials of Canine and Feline Electrocardiography: Interpretation and Treatment, Lawrence Patrick Tilley, 3rd Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1992. ASIN: 0812114434
Out of Print Two-Dimensional and M-Mode Echocardiography for the Small Animal Practitioner, June A. Boon. Teton New Media, 2002. ISBN: 1893441288

Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology, Michael S. Miller, Larry Patrick Tilley, 2nd ed., W. B. Saunders, 1995. ISBN: 0-7216-5940-3.
Radiographic Interpretation for the Small Animal Clinician, Jerry M.Owens and Darryl N. Biery; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2nd edition 1998, ISBN: 0-6830-6684-6
Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology, Donald E. Thrall; W.B.Saunders Company; 4th edition, 2002, ISBN: 0-7216-8820-9
Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, Howard E., Ph.D. Evans, W.B. Saunders Company; 3rd edition,1993 ISBN: 0-7216-3200-9
Braunwald's Heart Disease - A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Eugene Braunwald, W.B. Saunders Company; 7th Book&CDr edition
Essential Facts of Blood Pressure in Dogs and Cats, Beate Egner, Anthony Carr, Scott Brown, BE Vet Verlag, Germany 2003, ISBN 3-00-011096-8 This book can be ordered in English from www.Lifelearn.com
Saunders Manual of Small Animal Practice, Stephen J Birchard, Robert G. Sherding, 2nd Ed. W.B. Saunders, 2000, ISBN 0-7216-7078-4
Small Animal Cardiology Secrets, Jonathan A. Abbott, Hanley & Belfus, Inc. 2000, ISBN 1-56053-352-8 Available through Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins
An Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology, Levick, J.R., 3rd Ed. Arnold Publishing, London, USA publishing by Oxford University Press, New York, 2000, ISBN 0-340-76376-0
Radiography in Veterinary Technology, Lisa M. Lavin; W.B. Saunders Company, 2nd edition, 1999, ISBN: 0-7216-7552-2.

Small Animal

Diagnostic Ultrasound, Nyland/Matoon, W.B. Saunders Company, 2002, ISBN: 0-7216-2745-5
Small Animal Canine and Feline Endocrinology and Reproduction, Edward C. Feldman and Richard W. Nelson, 3rd Ed. W. B. Saunders, 2003. ISBN: 0721693156
Small Animal Internal Medicine, Richard W. Nelson, and C. Guillermo Couto, 3rd Ed. C. V. Mosby, 2003. ISBN: 032301724X
Lower Urinary Tract Diseases of Dogs and Cats: Diagnosis, Medical Management, Prevention, Gerald V. Ling, 1st Ed. Mosby-Year Book, 1995. ASIN: 0815154461
Small Animal Endoscopy, Todd R. Tams, 2nd Ed. C. V. Mosby, 1999. ISBN: 0815187432
Canine and Feline Nutrition A Resource for Companion Animal Professionals, Linda P. Case, et. al. 2nd Ed. C. V. Mosby, 2000. ISBN: 0323004431
Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, Michael S. Hand, et. al. 4th Ed. Mark Morris Associates, 2000. ISBN: 0945837054
Pain Management for the Small Animal Practitioner (made easy series), William J. Tranquilli, et. al. Teton New Media, 2000. ISBN: 1893441075
Laboratory Urinalysis and Hematology for the Small Animal Practitioner, Carolyn A. Sink and Bernard F. Feldman. Teton New Media, 2003. ISBN: 1893441105
Veterinary Technicians Daily Reference Guide: Canine and Feline, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, C Jack, P Watson, M. Donovan ISBN# 0781732026
Emergency Procedures for the Small Animal Vet, SJ Plunkette ISBN # 0702024872
Small Animal Internal Medicine, Shaw and Ihle, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, ISBN# 0781728061
Merck Veterinary Manual, ISBN # 0911910506
The ICU Book, W Wingfield, M Raffe ISBN# 1893441121
Reviews of Veterinary Physiology, L Engleking, Teton Publishing ISBN# 1893441695
Secret Series Feline Internal Medicine Secrets - Lappin ISBN# 1560534613
The Small Animal Veterinary Nerd Book, S Yin ISBN# 096415812
Saunders Textbook of Internal Medicine ISBN# 0721601170 by Ettinger & Feldman - 6th Edition (Diseases of the Dog & Cat)

Neurology

Large Animal Neurology; I. G. Mayhew. 1st Ed. Lipincott Williams & Wilkins, 1989. ISBN: 0812111834
Neurology for the Small Animal Practitioner (made easy series); Cheryl L. Chrisman, et. al. Teton New Media, 2002. ISBN: 1893441822
Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology; Alexander De Lahunta, 3rd Ed. Elsevier Science Health Science, 2004. ISBN: 0721667066
Handbook of Veterinary Neurology; Michael D. Lorenz and Joe N. Kornegay, 4th Ed. W. B. Saunders, 2004. ISBN: 0721689868
Functional Mammalian Neuroanatomy; Thomas W. Jenkens. Lea & Fibiger, 1972. ISBN: 0812103547
Veterinary Neuropathology; Brian A. Summers, John F. Cummings and Alexander deLahunta. Mosby, 1995. ISBN: 0801663288
Small Animal Spinal Disorders: Diagnosis and Surgery; Nicholas JH Sharp and Simon J Wheeler. 2d Ed. Elsevier-Mosby, 2005. ISBN: 0723432090
A Practical Guide to Canine & Feline Neurology: Curtis W. Dewey. 2d Ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. ISBN-13: 978081381672-2 and ISBN-10: 081381672-6
Neurologic Examination of the Dog with Clinicopathologic Observations; John T. McGrath, 2d Ed. Lea & Febiger, 1960. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-7371
Anatomy of the Dog; Malcolm E. Miller, George C. Christensen and Howard E. Evans. W.B. Saunders, 1964. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 63-7038
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Neurology; Simon R. Platt and Natasha J. Olby, Eds. 3rd Ed. British Small Animal Veterinary Association, 2004. ISBN: 0905214749
Neuromuscular Diseases, in The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice; Vol 32, No 1. G. Diane Shelton. W.B. Saunders Company, 2002. ISSN: 0195-5616
Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management; James S. Gaynor and William W. Muir, III. 2d Ed. Mosby-Elsevier, 2009. ISBN:9780323046794
Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Neurology; Rodney S. Bagley. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 9780813828435
Practical Small Animal MRI; Patrick R. Gavin and Rodney S. Bagley. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. ISBN: 13-9780813806075
Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians; Susan Bryant. Iowa State University Press, 2010. ISBN-10 0813805864
Clinical Syndromes in Veterinary Neurology; Kyle G. Braund. ISBN 0683010158