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Journals (links to NCSU Libraries' Journal List) - Past Seven Years (preceding January 1 of the year of the examination)

Veterinary Journals:

1. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
2. American Journal of Veterinary Research
3. Veterinary Ophthalmology
4. Journal of Small Animal Practice
5. Canadian Veterinary Journal
6. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
7. Equine Veterinary Journal
8. Veterinary Pathology
9. Veterinary Surgery
10. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
11. Veterinary Record
12. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (JVIM)
13. Topics in Companion Animal Medicine (All issues relating to ophthalmology)
14. Veterinary Clinics of North America (All issues relating to ophthalmology)
15. Clinical Techniques in Equine Surgery - Title not located, we believe they mean Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Other Journals:

1. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics - request individual articles from most recent 3 months free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan
2. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
3. Survey of Ophthalmology
4. American Journal of Ophthalmology
5. Experimental Eye Research
6. Science
7. Annals of Ophthalmology - No library subscription - read abstracts online and request individual articles free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan
8. Vision Research
9. British Journal of Ophthalmology - request individual articles from most recent four years free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan
10. Ophthalmic Research
11. Comparative Medicine
12. Archives of Ophthalmology - most recent year only available in print.
13. Ophthalmology
14. Current Eye Research
15. Journal of Comparative Pathology
16. Cornea - Library subscription ended in 2005 - read abstracts online and request individual articles after 2005 free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan
17. Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
18. Retina - No library subscription - read abstracts online and request individual articles free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan
19. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
20. Journal of Glaucoma - No library subscription - read abstracts online and request individual articles free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan

Monographs (links to NCSU Libraries' catalog records)

Anatomy, Histology, Embryology

1. Comparative anatomy of the eye. Prince, Jack Harvey. Springfield, Ill., Thomas. 1956 (recommend review of the rabbit, pig, ruminant sections; other species covered in more contemporary text).
2. Miller's anatomy of the dog (Ocular and orbital sections) Evans, Howard. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1993. (Chapters on eye, orbit, and cranial nerves).

Laboratory and Exotic Animals

1. System of ophthalmology. Vol. 1 The eye in evolution. Duke-Elder, Stewart. St. Louis, Mosby, 1958-76. (Especially important are chapters on exotic and domestic species).

Physiology

1. Adler's physiology of the eye: clinical application. Robert A. Moses, William M. Hart Jr.10th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2003.

Pharmacology

1. Havener’s ocular pharmacology. William H. Havener. 6th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1994.
2. Zimmerman, Thom J. Textbook of ocular pharmacology. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven, 1997. ON ORDER - request free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan

Pathology, Immunology

1. Pathology of domestic animals. 5th ed. Edinburgh; New York: Elsevier Saunders, 2007 (eye chapter only).
2. Ophthalmic pathology : an atlas and reference book. Spencer, William H. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Saunders, 1996.
3. Ocular pathology: a text and atlas. Myron Yanoff, Ben S. Fine. 5th ed.. Philadelphia, Mosby, 2002. Library also has 2nd ed., 1982.

Neuro-ophthalmology

1. Veterinary ophthalmology. Kirk N. Gelatt. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007. (Chapter by Shamir and Ofri).
2. Miller's anatomy of the dog. Evans, Howard. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1993 (cranial nerve section).
3. Handbook of veterinary neurology. Michael D. Lorenz. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004 (chapter on blindness, anisocoria, and abnormal eye movements).

Surgery

1. Eisner, Georg. Eye surgery; an introduction to operative technique. 2nd rev. Berlin, New York, Springer Verlag, 1990.
2. Slatter D: Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, 3rd ed., St. Louis, Saunders, 2003. (Ocular Surgery Sections).
3. Jaffee, N.S. Cataract surgery and its complications. 6th ed.. St. Louis, Mosby, 1997.
4. Seibel, Barry. Phacodynamics: mastering the the tools and techniques of phacoemulsification surgery. 3rd ed. Thorofare, NJ : SLACK, c1999.

Clinical Ophthalmology

1. Color atlas of canine and feline ophthalmology. Joan Dziezyc, Nicholas J. Millichamp. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders, 2004. Recommended for slide examination preparation.
2. Veterinary ophthalmology. Kirk N. Gelatt.4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
3. Equine ophthalmology. Brian C. Gilger. St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
4. Large animal ophthalmology. John D. Lavach. St. Louis: Mosby, 1990 (though this text is out of print, it is essential reading – but specific questions will not originate from this book).
5. Ophthalmic disease in veterinary medicine. Charles L. Martin. London: Manson Publishing/Veterinary Press, 2005. (Recommended for slide examination preparation)
6. Atlas of veterinary ophthalmoscopy. Lionel F. Rubin. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1974 (though this text is out of print, it is essential reading – but specific questions will not originate from this book).
7. Inherited eye diseases in purebred dogs. Lionel F. Rubin. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1989 (though this text is out of print, it is essential reading – but specific questions will not originate from this book).
8. Ocular disorders presumed to be inherited in purebred dogs. 3rd ed. Genetics Committee of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. Baton Rouge, LA: The College, 1999.
9. Color atlas of veterinary ophthalmology. Kirk N. Gelatt. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
10. Equine ophthalmology: an atlas and text. Keith C. Barnett, et al. 2nd ed. Edinburgh; New York: Saunders, 2004.
11. Atlas of feline ophthalmology. Kerry L. Ketring, Mary B. Glaze. Trenton, N.J.: Veterinary Learning Systems, 1994. (Recommended for slide examination preparation)
12. Barnett KC. Color Atlas of Veterinary Ophthalmology, Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1990. (Recommended for slide examination preparation)
13. Barnett KC. Equine ophthalmology : an atlas and text 2nd ed. Edinburgh, Saunders, 2004. (Recommended for slide examination preparation)

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