ACVIM NEUROLOGY RESIDENCY READING LIST
This list is a compilation of suggested resources for review during neurology residency
training programs. It is not a required reading list for the certification examination.
JOURNALS
American Journal of Veterinary Research
Compendium of Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian
Equine Veterinary Journal
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
Journal of Small Animal Practice
Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Progress in Veterinary Neurology
Veterinary Clinical Pathology
Veterinary Pathology
Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound
Veterinary Record
Veterinary Surgery
Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery (online)
The Veterinary Journal
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice
Selected Neurologic and Muscular Diseases – 13 (1), Apr 1997
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice
Ruminant Neurologic Disease – 20 (2), Jul 2004
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
Disease of the Spine – 22 (4), Jul 1992
Intracranial Disease – 26 (4), Jul 1996
Common Neurologic Problems – 30 (1), Jan 2000
Neuromuscular Diseases – 32 (1), Jan 2002
Neuromuscular Diseases II – 34 (6), Nov 2004
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice
Neuroanatomy and Neurodiagnostics – 10 (3), Sept 2007
PROCEEDINGS (Last 5 years)
ACVIM Proceedings
TEXTBOOKS
Anatomy and Physiology
DeLahunta A, Glass E. Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology, 2008
Evans HE. Miller’s Anatomy of the Dog, 1993.
Ganong, WF. Review of Medical Physiology, latest edition
Guyton AC. Textbook of Medical Physiology, latest edition
King AS. Physiological and Clinical Anatomy of the Domestic Animals, 1987.
Cunningham, J. G., ed. Textbook of Veterinary Physiology. 4th ed. St. Louis, MO:
Saunders/Elsevier, 2007
Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria http://www.wava-amav.org/Downloads/nav_2005.pdf
Internal Medicine
Ettinger SJ and Feldman EC. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, latest edition
Greene CE, Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 2006
Kirk RW, Bonagura JD. Current Veterinary Therapy X – XIV
Neurosurgery
Bojrab MJ, Current Techniques in Small Animal Surgery, latest edition
Fossum TW. Small Animal Surgery, latest edition
Sharp NJH, Wheeler SJ. Small Animal Spinal Disorders: Diagnosis and Surgery, 2005.
Slatter DH. Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, latest edition
Neurology
Bagley RS. Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Neurology, 2005
Chrisman CL. Problems in Small Animal Neurology, 1991.
Dewey, CW. A Practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology, 2008
Furr M, Reed S. Equine Neurology 2007
Lorenz MD, Kornegay JN. Handbook of Veterinary Neurology, 2004.
Mayhew IG. Large Animal Neurology 2nd edition 2009.
Platt SR, Olby NJ. BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Neurology, 2004.
Vite CH, Braund KG. Braund’s Clinical Neurology in Small Animals: Localization,
Diagnosis and Treatment. Online http://www.ivis.org/advances/Vite/toc.asp 2006
Neuropathology
Greenfield JG. Greenfield’s Neuropathology, 1997.
Summers BA, Cummings JF, De Lahunta A. Veterinary Neuropathology, 1995.
Cornell Veterinary Neuropathology
http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/oed/neuropathology/Search.asp?Fun=SBM
Jubb, Kennedy & Palmer’s Pathology of Domestic Animals (Chapters2,3 & 4) Fifth Ed.
Edited by Grant Maxie, Saunders 2007
Imaging
Assheuer J. MRI and CT Atlas of the Dog, 1997.
Morgan JP, Bailey CS – Exercises in Veterinary Radiology – Spinal Disease. Venture
Press, 2000
Gavin P, Bagley R. Practical Small Animal MRI. Iowa State Press. TBA
Thrall DE. Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology, 2007.
Electrodiagnostics
Cuddon PA. Electrodiagnosis in Veterinary Neurology. Electromyography, Nerve
Conduction Studies and Evoked Responses.
Kimura J. Electrodiagnosis in Diseases of Nerve and Muscle: Principles and Practice,
2001.
Redding RW, Knecht CD. Atlas of Electroencephalography in the Dog and Cat, 1984.