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Veterinary Specialty Boards Reading Lists

Copies of veterinary specialty board exam reading lists with links to online materials and books and journals held by local libraries.

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) 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.

ACVIM Large Animal Internal Medicine Reading List

Textbooks (First Time Exam Candidates)

Either of the following two current textbooks in Physiology:

Journals (First Time Exam Candidates)

The links below take you to the resources at the publishers' websites, which might prompt you for payment.  Your library might be able to provide these resources at comparatively lower or no cost to you. Tools like Unpaywall may also allow you to freely and legally access some of the articles you’re interested in.  Open access journals in which all articles are freely available are marked with .

 

July 2018-June 2023

Websites

Either of the following current textbooks in physiology:

Textbooks (Retake Candidates)

Journals (Retake Candidates)

The links below take you to the resources at the publishers' websites, which might prompt you for payment.  Your library might be able to provide these resources at comparatively lower or no cost to you. Tools like Unpaywall may also allow you to freely and legally access some of the articles you’re interested in.  Open access journals in which all articles are freely available are marked with .

August 2015-August 2020

Websites

This guide contains the list of books and journals recommended as study materials for the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Large Animal Specialty board exam.


This resource updated: 5/29/2024

Textbooks updated to most recent edition: 3/3/2022

Source reading list reviewed: 5/29/2024

Source reading list updated by specialty board: 12/11/2023

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