American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
RECOMMENDED READING LIST
For Individuals Interested in Applied Veterinary Behavior
The following books are organized topically, then alphabetically by author(s).
(*Note: ACVB Exam Candidates, please see comments at the end of this document)
Learning Theory, Cognition
AUTHOR/EDITOR
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Hauser M
Wild Minds: What Animals
Really Think, www.henryholt.com
Reisberg D
Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind (4th
edition), ISBN:9780393198515
www.wwnorton.com
Schwartz B, Robbins SJ
Psychology of Learning and Behavior (5th edition),
www.wwnorton.com
Reznikova Z
YEAR
2000
2005
2001
2007
Mazur J
Animal Intelligence: from individual to social
cognition,
Cambridge University Press
Learning and Behavior, 6th edition
Wasserman EA, Zentall
TR (eds)
Comparative Cognition: Experimental Explorations of
Animal Intelligence, www.oup.com/us
2006
Neurology/Neuroscience/ Physiology/Endocrinology
AUTHOR/EDITOR
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Bear MF, Connors B,
Neuroscience—Exploring the Brain (3rd edition),
Paradiso M, et al
www.lww.com
Carlson NR
Physiology of Behavior (10th Edition);
Allyn and Bacon Publishers
Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, Principles of Neural Science, 4th edition
Jessell TM
Lorenz MD, Kornegay
JN
Handbook of Veterinary Neurology (4th edition),
www.elsevier.com
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2009
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YEAR
2006
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2009
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2000,
new
edition
pending
2004
2009
Chrisman CL, Mariani C,
Platt S
Nelson RJ
Nelson RJ
Pharmacology
AUTHOR/EDITOR
Crowell-Davis SL,
Murray T
Dodman NH, Shuster L
Sadock, Kaplan HI,
Sadock BJ
Schatzberg AF,
Nemeroff CB
Schwartz S
Stahl SM
Stahl SM
Clinical Texts
AUTHOR/EDITOR
Beaver BV
Beaver BV
Hart BL, Hart LA,
Bain MJ
Horwitz D, Mills D,
Heath S
Horwitz D, Neilson J
Landsberg GM,
Neurology for the Small Animal Practitioner
Teton New Media
An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology (3rd
edition),
www.sinauer.com
Biology of Aggression; Oxford University Press,
www.oup.com/us
2003
2005
2005
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Veterinary Psychopharmacology
www.blackwellprofessional.com
Psychopharmacology of Animal Behavior Disorders
www.blackwellpublishing.com
YEAR
2005
Pocket Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Treatment (4th
edition), Williams & Wilkins, www.lww.com
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of
Psychopharmacology (4th edition)
American Psychiatric Press www.appi.org/
Psychoactive Herbs in Veterinary Medicine
www.blackwellprofessional.com
Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific
Basis and Practical Applications (3rd Edition),
Cambridge Univ. Press (also online edition),
www.cambridge.org/us/medicine/stahl/
The Prescriber's Guide, 3rd edition
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/
2005
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Canine Behavior
www.elsevier.com
Feline Behavior (2nd edition)
www.elsevier.com
Canine and Feline Behavioral Therapy, Second Edition
www.blackwellprofessional.com
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behavioural
Medicine, 2nd edition
BSAVA, www.wiley.com
Blackwell’s Five Minute Behavior Consult: Canine and
Feline Behavior
www.blackwellprofessional.com
Handbook of Behavioural Problems of the Dog and Cat
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1998
2009
2005
2009
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2009
YEAR
1999
2003
2006
2009
2007
2003
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Hunthausen WL,
Ackerman L
Overall KL
(2nd edition), www.elsevier.com
Clinical Behavioral Medicine for Small Animals, Mosby,
www.elsevier.com
Domestic Species Specific Behavior
AUTHOR/EDITOR
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Appleby M, Mench J,
Hughes B
Albright JL,
Arave CW
Bradshaw JW
Coppinger R,
Coppinger L
Broom DM, Fraser AF
Houpt KA
Keeling L, Gonyou H
Lindsay SR
McDonnell S
McGreevy P
Miklosi A
Phillips C
Price EO
Price EO
Scott FP, Fuller JL
Serpell J
1997
YEAR
Poultry Behaviour and Welfare,
www.cabi-publishing.org
The Behaviour of Cattle,
www.cabi-publishing.org
The Behaviour of the Domestic Cat,
www.cabi-publishing.org
Dogs: a Startling New Understanding of Canine
Origin, Behavior and Evolution, Scribner,
www.simonsays.com
Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare (4th Edition),
Oxford University Press,
www.oup.com
Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and
Animal Scientists (4th Edition)
www.iowastatepress.com
Social Behaviour in Farm Animals
www.cabi-publishing.org
Applied Dog Behavior and Training; Iowa State
University Press, Volumes 1-3,
www.iowastatepress.com
The Equid Ethogram, a Practical Field Guide to
Horse Behavior, www.eclipsepress.com
Equine Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians and
Equine Scientists
www.elsevier.com
Dog Behavior, Evolution, and Cognition
Oxford Press
Cattle Behaviour & Welfare (2nd edition);
www.iowastatepress.com
2004
Principles and Applications of Domestic Animal
Behavior
Animal Domestication and Behavior,
www.cabi-publishing.org
Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog
www.press.uchicago.edu
2008
The Domestic Dog: its Evolution, Behaviour, and
Interactions with People; www.cambridge.org/us
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1997
1992
2001
2007
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2004
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2002
20002003
2003
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2004
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2007
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2002
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2002
1998
(Reprint
of 1965)
1996
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Turner DC,
Bateson P (eds)
Waring, George
The Domestic Cat: the Biology of Its Behaviour (2nd
Edition); www.cambridge.org/us
Horse Behavior (2nd edition), Noyes Publications
Lab/Zoo Animals/Exotic/Wild Animals
AUTHOR/EDITOR
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Estes RD
The Behavior Guide to African Mammals, Including
Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates, U. of
California Press, www.ucpress.edu
Hosey G, Melfi V, and
Zoo Animals: behaviour, management, and welfare
Pankhurst S
Oxford University Press
Kleiman DG,
Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and
Allen ME
Techniques, www.press.uchicago.edu
Thompson KV, et al
(eds)
Luescher AU (ed)
Manual of Parrot Behavior
www.blackwellprofessional.com
Quesenberry K,
Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and
Carpenter JW
Surgery, WB Saunders, www.elsevier.com
Sheldon JW
Wild Dogs: The Natural History of the Nondomestic
Canidae;
www.blackburnpress.com
Tynes V (ed)
Behavior of Exotic Pets
Blackwell
Wolfensohn S, Honess P Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare
Ethology/Genetics
AUTHOR/EDITOR
Alcock J
Grandin T
Wilson EO
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach (9th ed.);
www.sinauer.com E-Book available:
(www.coursesmart.com/9780878932252),
Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals,
Academic Press; www.elsevier.com
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (25th anniversary
edition); www.hup.harvard.edu
Quantification of Behavior
AUTHOR/EDITOR
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Lehner PN
The Handbook of Ethological Methods (2nd edition),
www.cambridge.org
Martin P, Bateson P
Measuring Behaviour: An Introductory Guide (3rd
4
2000
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2003
YEAR
1991
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2009
1995
(2010)
2006
*
2003?
2004
(reprint
of 1992)
2010
*
2005
YEAR
2009
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1998
2000
(1975
reprint)
*
YEAR
1998
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2007
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Dawkins MS
edition); www.cambridge.org
Observing Animal Behaviour : Design and Analysis of
Quantitative Data
2007
*
TITLE AND PUBLISHER WEBSITE
Animal Welfare, www.cabi-publishing.org
YEAR
1997
*
Domestic Animal Behavior and Welfare (4th Edition),
Oxford University Press
www.oup.com
Understanding Animal Welfare: The Science in its
Cultural Context
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
Publication
www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell
Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach
Wallingford CABI Publishing
The Welfare of Laboratory Animals
Springer
Stereotypic Animal Behavior: Fundamentals and
Applications to Welfare
The Sciences of Animal Welfare
2007
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The Biology of Animal Stress: Basic Principles and
Implications for Animal Welfare
www.cabi-publishing.org
Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals (8th
edition); Animal Welfare Institute, www.awionline.org
Taking Better Care of Monkeys and Apes
Animal Welfare Institute (www.awionline.org)
The Welfare of Cats
Springer
The Welfare of Cattle, Springer
2000
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2002
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2008
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Environmental enrichment for captive animals
2003
Shelter Medicine—
2004
2010?
.
Animal Welfare
AUTHOR/EDITOR
Appleby MC,
Hughes BO, Elson
Broom DM, Fraser AF
Fraser D
Grandin T
Kaliste E
Mason G, Rushen J (eds)
Mellor D, PattersonKane E, Stafford KJ
Moberg G, Mench JA
Reinhardt V
Reinhardt V
Rochlitz I
Rushen J, de Passille
AM, von Keyserlingk
AG, Weary DM
Young RJ
Miller L, Zawistowski S,
Editors
Blackwell Publishing
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2008
2009
2004
2006
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2009
2005
2008
SUGGESTED READING LIST FOR ACVB CANDIDATES
The ACVB has developed the suggested reading list for individuals applying for membership,
from the more general recommended reading list. Suggested readings are indicated by an asterisk (*). The
intent of the more specific list is to help guide the candidate towards the more pertinent books that will
assist them in preparing for the examination. The recommended list is not intended to suggest that the
candidate should read every book on ethology or every book on learning theory, but rather is presented so
as to demonstrate the breadth and scope of veterinary behavior. Neither list should be construed as a
commitment regarding specific examination material. For the purposes of studying for the ACVB
examination, it is suggested that an applicant review texts pertaining to general principles of behavior as
well as species specific material, then use other books to fill in clinical information. Current texts in the
fields of internal medicine, neurology (Lorenz or Chrisman et al), and neuroscience (Bear et al or Kandel
et al) should also be reviewed, with emphasis on veterinary behavior. More timely material, available in
periodicals listed below, should be consulted as well. Refer to the general reading list for additional
references.
Other Suggested Readings
Applicants are expected to be familiar with the classic and current behavior literature from
various journal sources. Journals listed below are particularly significant. Papers relevant to clinical case
management should be emphasized. The list should not be considered all-inclusive.
Animal Behaviour
Animal Welfare
Anthrozoos
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Journal of Comparative Psychology
Journal of Ethology
Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
Laboratory Animal Science
Proceedings of the International Veterinary Behavior Meetings
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association of Avian Veterinarians
Veterinary Clinics of North America (recent behavior editions)
Zoo Biology
Revised 05-01-2011
Note: Comments or suggested additions to this list, please contact pigvet@hughes.net
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