Histology/Immuno. Texts

[philomycus]

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I hope I'm not jinxing myself here, but if I don't have a million things to do, I tend to get stir crazy. I'm going to be hopeful here for my chance at the c/o 2012.

I was wondering what texts do schools use for Histo & Immuno. I'd like to get a head start on looking things over. Any info on what UF or OK State uses would be great, since those are the only 2 I'll apply to next year.

Again, I'm going stir crazy... please forgive the insanity.

 

[pressmom]

Having my own worries, no judgement here! And you're definitely not jinxing yourself because you are awesome and you will get in.

UTK:

Histo: Young, "Wheater's Functional Histology"
Immunology: Tizard, "Veterinary Immunology" (pretty straightforward name there...)

Have fun!! (In a veterinary-geeky way!)

 

[twosoakers]

purdue uses dellman's histology and any atlas of human/veterinary histology. i think western recommended the same. my prof. wrote one of the chapters in dellman, so that might be part of the lure 😀

 

[QTkitty]

CSU uses:
Dellmann: Textbook of Veterinary Histology
Parham: The Immune System

and recommends either:
Bacha & Wood: Color Atlas of Veterinary Histology
or
Eroschenko: diFore's Atlas of Histology

Sorry I don't know anything about OK or UF. Good luck this cycle, I know you'll do great!!

 

[Boxsterluv]

Another really good histo book is Histology by Ross and Pawlina.. It's a human book but it's all color and has great pictures, illustrations, and descriptions. I tend to use it more than I do my Dellman's just because it's so easy to learn from.

As far as immuno, I second the above poster that mentioned Tizard, and also, a REALLY good, easy immuno read is "How the Immune System Works" by Lauren Sompayrac... We call it Immunology for Dummies; the author is awesome at using lay-language and analogies to describe immunology. It's a very easy read and isn't a mind-boggler; I recommend this book 100% to anyone who needs any type of refresher in immuno.

Good luck!

 

[Shorty13]

Currently Ok state has not listed a textbook for histology, but the book used in past years was "Textbook of Veterinary Histology" by Dellmann and Eurell. The old immunology book that I have seen used at OSU is "Veterinary Immunology: An Introduction," but I don't have the book list for the spring semester when I have that class. Hopefully this helps.

 

[silverelf]

those of you that are starting this year....how do you already know the booklists? Did you school send them already? If so, man that's ridiculously early! In undergrad we never got ours until a week or two before the semester started

 

[flokemahe]

silverelf, we do at ISU. We had to pre-order our books by this week, so we got our book lists sometime last month I think. It was nice, really, because I was able to find a number of them used online, and ask the vets I knew & my student contact about the recommended books and the 'pick one of these' books.

Also, 3 books were available as bundled together - you could buy all 3 texts and a computer version of the texts together. This cost a bit more than the books alone, but I think it will come in handy to have 'portable' books on your laptop, especially for things like anatomy & histo where you need to look at the color plates all the time.

 

[silverelf]

silverelf, we do at ISU. We had to pre-order our books by this week, so we got our book lists sometime last month I think. It was nice, really, because I was able to find a number of them used online, and ask the vets I knew & my student contact about the recommended books and the 'pick one of these' books.

Also, 3 books were available as bundled together - you could buy all 3 texts and a computer version of the texts together. This cost a bit more than the books alone, but I think it will come in handy to have 'portable' books on your laptop, especially for things like anatomy & histo where you need to look at the color plates all the time.

wow i'm jealous i wish i could start buying my books.

<---- *is crowned Queen of Dorks*

 

[soxbox]

those of you that are starting this year....how do you already know the booklists? Did you school send them already? If so, man that's ridiculously early! In undergrad we never got ours until a week or two before the semester started

CSU gave us our booklist a couple months ago... if we wanted to buy them through the school we had to get our order in by June 30 and we pick up the books during orientation... I did find a few books used and had a couple books that were the last edition, so I am going to use those... they also had surveys from past students on what books they used, what books they wish that they had either bought or not bought, and what books we pretty much don't need to buy which was really nice... saved me a couple hundred bucks 🙂

I was really surprised with CSU's vet student run bookstore... the books are equal or cheaper (by a couple bucks) than Amazon (if you are a SCAVMA member)... so that is a very nice change from my undergrad/grad school bookstore where the books were easily marked up 25-50% 🙂

 

[Serendipity4]

It sounds like Minnesota's like CSU. They sent us our book lists a while back, our orders are due by the 18th, and each book was marked as either required, highly recommended, recommended or reference (these they assured us would be in the library). They also sent us a letter with advice from the students about all the books, e.g. this text is recommended, but you'll never use it (unless you REALLY rely on your textbooks) because your prof. will give you really complete notes, whereas you almost HAVE to buy this recommended book... And, similarly, if you buy the $50 lifetime membership to their veterinary student supply, you get a discount on EVERYTHING. Even without the discount, however, as far as I could tell the books were equal or less than Amazon. The only unfortunate part is we don't get the stuff we ordered until orientation...

I hope everyone who hasn't gotten their book list gets them soon!

 

[ri23]

Ohio State also gave us our books lists, as well as information from students on the best books to buy from the lists and "student picks." Our book orders are due the 25th, and like Serendipity said the prices that they quoted are all substantially less than on amazon.

 

[CookieBear]

K-State also mailed the first term booklist earlier last month, with it due by June 30.

It had check-marks noting which texts are required, recommended, or strongly recommended.

I, too, noted that I couldn't find the texts for maybe less than a $1 or $2 online, and it's not worth me having to shlep the books out to Kansas with me, versus picking them up at the bookstore once I'm there. And, trust me, I looked extensively online to see if I could save some $! 😳

It was nice to have the chance to ask around about used texts and ask the vets I know to see if they had any too.

Oops, to answer the original intent of this thread: K-State lists "Wheater's Functional Histology" 5th ed 2006 as their book for Microanatomy. Embryology texts are listed, but not Immunology. I want to say that I think I recall Immuno being second term? And this was just the Fall booklist.

 

[wivet2011]

What's so wrong with wanting to look ahead at some of the material!? Just think of how better prepared she'll be than the rest of her class when she starts next fall (which we all know she'll get in this next round). So, I say go for it Philo! When I have questions on histology and immunology this year, I know who I'm asking 😉

Anyone know what books Wisconsin recommends? Last I heard they aren't even giving out the list until orientation 😱

 

[philomycus]

Am i the only one who thinks philo is setting himself up/jinxing himself/a little premature even if he gets in? If you have that much time on your hands, why don't you volunteer and up your chances of geting in? 😕

Because I already do AND I work 3 paying jobs, and a family and I maintain it all.

I think your comments are premature...you don't even know me. You are always so quick to judge people on this board. Besides, me buying a histo text is not going to cause a ripple in the waves of life and prevent me from getting in. If I don't get in in 2008, I'm not going to say, "#$@!, if I hadn't of bought that histo text, God would've let me get in this year."

 

[Emio]

Ok, let me be more clear: your post is arrogant. You say you're just bored, but if you have 3 jobs, a volunteer job, and a family, it seems more like you just want to display your feathers here before this year's applications are in. You can't just expect to tell everyone you're going to get in and ask for textbooks one year ahead of time because you're so sure you'll beat out the rest of the (more humble) candidates, some of whom, by the way, are on this board. Without someone saying something, anyway.

right-o. she's the arrogant one. 🙄. buying a text book is clearly not "displaying feathers" in my book. it's a damn textbook! let her look it over if she wants to spend a little money to get a jumpstart. chr*st.

and before deanna comes in here to tell us to "play nice," i am being nice!

 

[ri23]

I hope I'm not jinxing myself here, but if I don't have a million things to do, I tend to get stir crazy. I'm going to be hopeful here for my chance at the c/o 2012.

Seriously, there was nothing arrogant about her post. She is being hopeful about her chances of getting in to vet school next year, and there is nothing wrong with that - it's a great attitude to have. If she has the time and desire to do some research on subjects of interest to her - that's fantastic and will only help in her understanding of the profession and her ability to speak knowledgably on a broad range of subjects in her interview. Ironic that you of all people on this forum would comment on someone else being arrogant.

 

[ReinaDeLuz]

at UF the textbooks are not necessarily the best way to go, since you get a packet of "SCAVMA" notes for each class that are really the bible as far as that particular class goes. but if you really want to look over some textbooks, tizards for immuno is what we "used" last year (i bought it...and maybe read two chapters out of the whole thing! the immuno notes were as thick as a dictionary, i had plenty to read without going into the textbook). the textbook for histo was "dellmans textbook of veterinary histology sixth edition"...but our histo professor (Dr. Samuelson) has actually come out with his own textbook and its *really* good - it actually follows his lectures and everything. so that might be a good one to look into.

 

[philomycus]

Thanks R.D.L. for your post. I know schools differ, but wanted to get a general idea.

Getting a text now isn't just for vet school either. Since I teach Human Anatomy & Physiology at the college level, I can start making comparisons now, as I go through each section when I teach the course.

The other reason I was looking now is b/c as a college prof I get some texts for free.. <-- that's not arrogant, that's stingy !

And Cyrille, you are right, I should be more humble b/c the A's I got in my Master's of Biology program were handed out very easily too. I am obviously jealous of you ! 😀

 

[cyrille104]

Happy Friday the 13th 🙄

 

[tapir]

nm

 

[PAThbrd]

and before deanna comes in here to tell us to "play nice,"

haha, I've been pegged!

Seriously guys, please "play nice". Try to keep your opinions to yourselves regarding other members, stay on topic, and refrain from the personal attacks and name calling. If you need a refresher on this, please look at the SDN Terms of Service.


Deanna
SDN Vet Forums Moderator

 

[conservationgal]

Ironic that you of all people on this forum would comment on someone else being arrogant.

Amen to that...someone had to say it!

Good luck Philo, I am rooting for you!

 

[cyrille104]

Amen to that...someone had to say it!

deanna's getting ignored...uh oh...

 

[conservationgal]

For the love...

My bear could beat up your giraffe!

 

[cyrille104]

For the love...

My bear could beat up your giraffe!

That's probably true, since he's manorexic 😛 Nothing tastes as good as being thin! Except squash, apparently 😕

 

[conservationgal]

Cyrille, I like you...a lot. Can we be friends?

 

[Emio]

cyrille... don't come near me.

 

[Spartanvet4cows]

Last fall (at Michigan State) we used Tizard's Veterinary Immunology, and Histology: A Text and Atlas by Ross. I heard Tizard's book was great. I didn't crack it because I had a grad level immuno class before vet school that was WAY more intense. I also recommend "How the Immune System Works" I read the whole thing during my first immuno class and it was great.
I opened the histology book a few times. It was fairly dry because, well it's histology, doesn't get much more boring. Luckily there are some great pictures so you can actually see what they're talking about.
Good luck applying this year philo, definitely hope to see you as one of us next year!

 

[philomycus]

Thx for all your replies and info. I'm going to see which ones I can get comp copies of to start browsing. I'm very interested to know how much is similar to humans and I'm sure it's quite a bit! Besides, anything to make Human A&P more exciting....

p.s.- my squirrel has the giraffe AND the bear covered 🙂