What kind of books do you use in your vet school?

[pingu1]

I'm just interested in what kind of book people use in different vet schools in different places and what you think of them. Are there some really great basic books that everyone should have or some completely useless books that no one is ever going to need anywhere?

The basic anatomy book that we use in Finland is "Veterinary Anatomy of Domestic Mammals" by König. It has just been translated into English so it has quite a lot of mistakes which makes learning difficult. Most of the pictures are very good (it has many real photographs) and in general things are explained very well. I would like to read a bit more clinical examples, though, as I feel they help to memorize anatomical things.

In physiology we had "Physiology of Domestic Animals" by Sjaastad. I like the book as it's easy to read and it has examples of diseases that have something to do with the physiological situation.

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[pingu1]

I thought it was interesting to hear what kind of books people use somehwere else, but I guess it wasn't then...

Does anyone else use Saunder's Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary or Schaller's Illustrated Veterinary Anatomical Nomenclature?

 

[dr_amer98]

hi
I think saunders veterinary dictionary is very good book you should have a copy of.

its very helpful and a good book to keep too.

 

[pingu1]

Yeah I have Saunders and all the other books as well that I mentioned. I wanted to know whether people use the same books somewhere else and people could have an opportunity to tell what they think of their anatomy book, for example, and whether it has been useful.

 

[birdvet2006]

I used "Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy" by Dyce et. al. - I thought this was very comprehensive and had good illustrations. Another one I liked (but didn't buy unfortunately) was "Anatomy of Domestic Animals" by Pasquini.

Physiology - the book we are supposed to get for school here is "Veterinary Physiology" by Cunningham. But I didn't like it at all - I also bought a human physiology book to supplement it (and I can't remember which one - it's back home in CA right now).

I really liked the "Instant Notes" series. I used "Instant Notes in Biochemistry" extensively and also appreciated looking in "Instant Notes in Immunology".

We were supposed to buy a pharmacology book, and I did - but it was terribly boring and I didn't use it at all. Instead I used "Veterinary Drug Handbook" by Plumb to look up the various drugs and learn more about them. My mom also had a human pharmacology review book that was a good reference (can't remember the title).

For parasitology, our textbook is "Veterinary Parasitology" by Urquhart et. al. - this book was written by a Glasgow graduate and written in the format of our class.

My school produces a LOT of spiral-bound notes, so for many classes I never bought textbooks (like animal husbandry, pathology, and microbiology).

Now that I'm in my clinical year, I have accumulated a few clinical books. I have: "Clinical Medicine of the Dog & Cat" by Schaer (university required), "The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult, canine and feline" by Tilley & Smith, "Small Animal Surgery" by Fossum et. al. (university required), "Equine Medicine, Surgery and Reporduction" by Mair et. al. (university required), "Textbook of Rabbit Medicine" by Harcourt-Brown, "Avian Medicine: Principles and Applications" by Ritchie et. al., and "The Exotic Animal Formulary" by Carpenter.

Other books I have on my shelf: Merck Veterinary Manual (good reference but I don't use it often), Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (frequently used!), the "Small Animal Veterinary Nerdbook", and the "BSAVA Small Animal Formulary".

 

[MicheleVet]

I also have Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine by Ettinger and Feldman and Textbook of Small Animal Surgery by Slatter.

The two emergency books I have are Manual of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine by Macintire and Drobatz and Emergency Procedures for the Small Animal Veterinarian by Plunkett.

I also really like Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology by Thrall and Small Animal Diagnostic Ultrasound by Nyland and Mattoon.

Our school also puts out a lot of spiral notes for classes.

 

[Klynde]

our school uses guyton for a physiology book, but Duke's physiology is great, too. use veterinary pathophysiology by Dunlop, and Thomson's special pathology for a path book. Dyce for anatomy, also the national veterinary medical series review books are good (NOT the large animal internal med one, tho, there are alot of mistakes in the most recent edition). plumlee for toxicology. also, teton new media makes a "Quick Look" series of titles that are very helpful on stuff like histology, critical care med, endocrinology, etc. Immunology: Tizzard. Pharm: Adams. there's canine anatomy by a different adams that is really comprehensive. the konig book is a classic. look for old copies of popesko for anatomy. aren't you sorry you asked??

I'm just interested in what kind of book people use in different vet schools in different places and what you think of them. Are there some really great basic books that everyone should have or some completely useless books that no one is ever going to need anywhere?

The basic anatomy book that we use in Finland is "Veterinary Anatomy of Domestic Mammals" by König. It has just been translated into English so it has quite a lot of mistakes which makes learning difficult. Most of the pictures are very good (it has many real photographs) and in general things are explained very well. I would like to read a bit more clinical examples, though, as I feel they help to memorize anatomical things.

In physiology we had "Physiology of Domestic Animals" by Sjaastad. I like the book as it's easy to read and it has examples of diseases that have something to do with the physiological situation.