Certifying Examination Recommended Reading List

(in alphabetical order)

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology 2^nd Edition (2013)

by Bryan Markey (Author), Finola Leonard (Author), Marie Archambault (Author), Ann Cullinane (Author), Dores Maguire (Author)

Mosby
ISBN-13: 978-0723432371
ISBN-10: 9780723432371

Veterinary Microbiology and Microbial Disease 2^nd Edition (2011)

By P. J. Quinn (Author), B. K. Markey (Author), F. C. Leonard (Author), E. S. Fitzpatrick (Author), S. Fanning (Author)

Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1405158237
ISBN-10: 1405158239

Knowledge of basic and applied immunology, epidemiology, virology and pathology is assumed. Guidance for revision on these topics include the following textbooks:

Veterinary Immunology 10^th edition (2017)

By Ian Tizard.

Saunders
ISBN-13: 978-0323523493

Fenner’s Veterinary Virology 5^th Edition (2016)

by N. James Maclachlan BVSc MS PhD (Editor), Edward J Dubovi B.A. M.A. Ph.D. (Editor)

Academic Press
ISBN-13: 978-0128009468
ISBN-10: 0128009462

Veterinary Epidemiology, an Introduction. (2010).

By Dirk. U.

PfeifferWiley-Blackwell.
ISBN-13: 978-1405176941

Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease 6^th edition (2016)

By James F. Zachary (Editor)

Mosby
ISBN-13: 978-0323357753

The following textbooks are a useful source of information to increase the understanding and depth of knowledge of the candidate but would not be considered essential reading.

Veterinary Microbiology 3^rd Edition (2013)

by D. Scott McVey (Editor), Melissa Kennedy (Editor), M. M. Chengappa (Editor)

Wiley
ISBN-13: 978-0470959497
ISBN-10: 0470959495

Veterinary Microbiology: Bacterial and Fungal Agents of Animal Disease 1^st Edition (2004)

by J. Glenn Songer (Author), Karen W. Post (Author)

Saunders
ISBN-13: 978-0721687179
ISBN-10: 0721687172

Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections 10^th edition (2007).

By W.W.C. Topley (Editor) and G. S. Wilson (Editor).

Wiley
Volumes: 1 & 2 Bacteriology, 3 & 4 Virology, 5 Medical Mycology, 7 Immunology

ISBN-13: 978-0470686386

Emerging and Epizootic Fungal Infections in Animals (2018)

By S. Seyedmousavi, G. S. de Hoog, J. Guillot, P. E. Verweij (Editors)

Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN-139783319720913

Antimicrobial therapy in veterinary medicine

Edited by Steeve Giguère, John F. Prescott and Patricia M. Dowling

John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN: 9780470963029

(in order of priority)

1. Veterinary Microbiology
2. Veterinary Research
3. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
4. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
5. Veterinary Record
6. The Veterinary Journal
7. Preventive Veterinary Medicine
8. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Exam questions may come from the literature published within the last five years.

Questions may also come from older articles if they are considered significant and essential to the application of veterinary microbiology.

This list of journals is not intended to be a compulsory reading list but candidates should be encouraged to select publications within these journals that apply to:

1. Investigation, diagnosis and control of infectious conditions;
2. Antimicrobial resistance;
3. Food microbiology;
4. One Health;
5. Emerging diseases.