Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia (AVTAA)

Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia Recomended Reading list

Books	Formularies
Journals	Misc. Topics
Library Tips	More Info

Library Note: Per a conversation with the AVTAA, "If the reference is less than 10 years old and has a new edition then we prefer the newer edition but questions can still come from the older version as well so sometimes we will keep the older edition on the list as well until it has reached a life of 10 years."  We have listed the most recent edition that we have in our collection and as we get new editions in, we will update this list.

Textbooks

General Anesthesia

Title	Author/Editor	Edition	Copyright Year
Anesthesia and Analgesia for Veterinary Technicians	J. Thomas and P. Lerche	5th ed.	2017
Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians	S. Bryant	1st ed.	2010
Handbook of Veterinary Anesthesia	W. Muir III, J. Hubbell, et al.	5th ed.	2013
Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia: The 5th edition of Lumb and Jones  (Print book)	K.A. Grimm, L.A. Lamont, W.J. Tranquilli, S.A. Greene, S.A. Robertson (Eds.)	5th ed.	2015
Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia  (Print book)	J.W. Ludders & M. McMillan	1st ed.	2017
Anesthesia Equipment: Principles and Application	J. Ehrenwerth, J.B. Eisenkraft, J.M. Berry	2nd ed.	2013
Veterinary Anaesthesia  (Print book)	K. Clarke, C. Trim, and L. Hall	11th ed.	2014
Veterinary Anaesthesia: Principles to Practice  (Print book)	A. Dugdale	1st ed.	2010
Veterinary Anesthetic and Monitoring Equipment	K. Cooley, R. Johnson	1st ed.	2018

Pain Management

Title	Author/Editor	Edition	Copyright Year
Pain Management in Veterinary Practice	C. Egger, L. Love, and T. Doherty	1st ed.	2013
Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management  (Print book)	J. Gaynor and W. Muir III	3rd ed.	2014
Pain Management for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses  (Print book)	M. Goldberg and N. Shaffran	1st ed.	2014

Small Animal Anesthesia

Title	Author/Editor	Edition	Copyright Year
Small Animal Anesthesia and Pain Management: A Color Handbook	J. Ko	2nd ed.	2018
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Anaesthesia and Analgesia  (Print book)	C. Seymour & T. Duke-Novaovski	3rd ed.	2016
Canine and Feline Anesthesia and Co-existing Disease  (Print book)	L. Snyder & R. Johnson	1st ed.	2015
Essentials of Small Animal Anesthesia and Analgesia  (Print book)	K. Grimm, W. Tranquilli, & L. Lamont	2nd ed.	2011
Small Animal Anesthesia Techniques  (Print book)	A. Shelby & C. McKune	1st ed.	2014
Small Animal Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia  (Print book)	L. Campoy and M. Read	1st ed.	2013
Handbook of Small Animal Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Techniques  (Print book)	P. Lerche, T. Aarnes, G. Covey-Crump, F. Martinez-Taboada	1st ed.	2016
Feline Anesthesia and Pain Management  (Print book)	P. Steagall, S. Robertson, P. Taylor	1st ed.	2018
Questions and Answers in Small Animal Anesthesia	L.J. Smith	1st ed.	2015
Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Ill or Injured Dog and Cat	K. Mathews, et al.	1st ed.	2018

Large Animal

Title	Author/Editor	Edition	Copyright Year
Equine Veterinary Nursing	K. Coumbe	2nd ed.	2012
Farm Animal Anesthesia: Cattle, Small Ruminants, Camelids and Pigs	H. Lin and P. Walz	1st ed.	2014
Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia	G. West, D. Heard, & N. Caulkett	2nd ed.	2014
Equine Anesthesia: Monitoring and Emergency Therapy  (Print book)	W. Muir III & J. Hubbell	2nd ed.	2009

Small Animal ECC, Internal Medicine and Surgery

Title	Author/Editor	Edition	Copyright Year
Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care  (Print book)	J. Burkitt Creedon & H. Davis	1st ed.	2012
Veterinary Technician’s Manual for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care	C. Norkus	2nd ed.	2018
Manual of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  (Print book)	D. Macintire, K. Drobatz, & S. Haskins	2nd ed.	2012
Small Animal Internal Medicine  (Print book)	R. Nelson, C Couto	6th ed.	2020
Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses  (Print book)	L. Merrill	1st ed.	2012
Small Animal Surgical Nursing: Skills and Concepts	M. Tear	2nd ed.	2012
Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking  (Print book)	K. Yagi & M. Holowaychuk	1st ed.	2016

Formularies

Title	Author/Editor	Edition	Copyright Year
Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook  (Current online database available here)	D. Plumb	9th ed.	2018
Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs Small and Large Animal  (Print book)	M. Papich	4th ed.	2016

Journal Articles

Journal Title	Article Title	Author(s)	Vol.#/Issue#/Year
Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care	RECOVER evidence and knowledge gap analysis on veterinary CPR. Part 7: Clinical Guidelines	D.J. Fletcher, et. al.	Vol. 22, Issue s1, 2012
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery	AAFP Feline Anesthesia Guidelines	S. Robertson, et al.	Vol. 20, Issue 7, 2018
WSAVA Guidelines	WSAVA Global Companion Animal Welfare Guidelines	WSAVA Global Veterinary Community	N/A
AAHA Guidelines	AAHA Anesthesia Guidelines for Dogs and Cats	Grubb, Sager, et al.	2020
AAHA Guidelines	AAHA Fluid therapy Guidelines for Dogs and Cats	A. Davis, et al.	2013
Journal of American Animal Hospital Association	AAHP/ AAFP Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats	M. Epstein, I. Rodan, et al.	2015

Misc. Topics

Title	Author/Editor	Edition	Copyright Year
Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians	T. Colville & J. Bassert	3rd ed.	2016
Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses  (Print book)	C. Donohoe	1st ed.	2012
The Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology	F.W.K. Smith, Jr., L.P. Tilley, M.A. Oyama, & M.M. Sleeper	5th ed.	2016
Cardiology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses  (Print book)	H.E. Durham Jr.	1st ed.	2017
Acid-Base and Electrolyte Handbook for Veterinary Technicians  (Print book)	A. Randels-Thorp and D. Liss	1st ed.	2017
Small Animal ECGs: An Introductory Guide	M. Martin	3rd ed.	2015

Library Tips

Search the catalog for additional anesthesia and analgesia resources available at NC State University Libraries.

More Info

“This is only a convenience copy of the reading list to help find copies of reading materials in the NC State University Libraries. It does not replace the official reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest reading list.”

For more information, please see the AVTAA website. The reading list can be found here.

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