Avian Practice Study & Reading Guide

Examination items will be taken in large part from the sources designated in the recommended reading list.

Also, be sure to review the general study recommendations for all ABVP Practice Categories.

Additional citations for examination items may include veterinary informational sources common to multiple species, such as (the most current editions of) Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, and the Merck Veterinary Manual.

Referred Journals: (The last 5 years ending January 1 of the year the exam is taken)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Avian Diseases

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Journal of the Association of Avian Veterinarians

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, WB Saunders Co.

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Vet Clinics of North America - Exotics

Monographs

ABVP reconizes the scarcity of several of these texts. Please bear in mind that these are recommended, not required, and that most information in monographs can be located in more than one publication.

Atlas of Avian Radiographic Anatomy. Smith and Smith, W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1992.

Atlas of Diagnostic Radiology of Exotic Pets. G. A. Rubel, E. Isenbugel, P. Wolvekamp. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1991.

Atlas of Radiographic Anatomy and Diagnosis of Cage Birds. M.E. Krautwald et al. Paul Parey, Scientific Publishers, Berlin and Hamburg, 1992.

Avian and Exotic Hematology and Cytology, 3rd edition, T.W. Campbell, Ellis C., Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

Avian Medicine: Principles and Application. Ritchie, Harrison and Harrison (Eds) 1994 Wingers Publishing, Lake Worth, Fl, 33466.

Sturkie's Avian Physiology, 5th edition, Academic Press, Harcourt Brace and Co., San Diego.

Avian Surgical Anatomy. S.E. Orosz, P.K. Ensley, C.J. Haynes. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1992.

Avian Viruses: Function and Control. B. Ritchie, Wingers Publishing, 1995.

Birds, Their Structure and Function. A.S. King, J. McLelland, 2nd edition, Bailliere Tindall, London, 1984.

Diseases of Poultry, 10th Edition, B.W. Calnek editor, Iowa State University Press, 1997.

Avian Medicine and Surgery, Altman, Clubb, Dorrestein, Quesenberry, W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1997.

Diseases & Disorders of the Domestic Fowl & Turkey, Color Atlas of, second edition. C.J. Randall, Iowa State University Press, 1991.

Avian Anatomy, a Color Atlas of, J. McLelland, W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1991.

Pathology of Pet and Aviary Birds. Robert Schmidt, Drury Reavill, David Phalen, Blackwell Publishing Co., Iowa State Press, 2003.

Psittacine Aviculture, Perspectives, Techniques and Research, R.M. Schubot, K.J. Clubb, S.L. Clubb, Aviculture Breeding and Research center, Loxahatchee Florida, 1992.

Radiology of Birds. Sam Silverman and Lisa Tell, Saunders Elsevier.

Exotic Animal Formulary, 3rd Edition. Carpenter, JW, Saunders, 2004.

BSAVA Manual of Psittacine Birds, 2nd Edition (BSAVA Manual) by John Chitty and Nigel Harcourt-Brown, May 1, 2005.

Clinical Avian Medicine, (2 volumes) Harrison GJ, Lightfoot, TL, Spix Pub, 2005.

Manual of Avian Practice, Rupley A, Saunders, 1997.

Avian Medicine, Samour, Jamie, Mosby, 2000.

Manual of Avian Medicine, Olsen G, Orosz S. Mosby, 1999.

Self-Assessment Color Review of Avain Medicine, Robert B. Altman, Neil A. Forbes (Eds), 1998.

Ratite Management, Medicine and Surgery, Tully, TN, Simon, SM, 1996, Kriegar.

Manual of Parrot Behavior, Luescher A (ed), Blackwell, 2006.

Exotic Pet Behavior - Birds, Reptiles and Small Mammals, Bradley Bays, T, Lightfoot TL, Mayer, JM, Elsevier 2006.

Questions on the examination may be taken from sources other than this list.