This guide contains the list of books and journals recommended as study materials for the American Board of Veterinary Ophthalmology (ABVO) (under the umbrella of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists) examination.
Residents are responsible for ensuring they are using the correct edition of a book for their exam.
Please ask your librarian, mentor, or specialty board examination committee if questions arise.
"All written examination questions are supported by a reference within the past seven years or from a textbook or journal article on this list of “Required” references."
Source: ACBO Recommended Source Material/Reading List
This resource updated: 06/07/2023
Source reading list reviewed: 06/07/2023
Source reading list updated by specialty board: 2023
"ABVO residents are responsible for knowing the published literature (see journals below) for the seven years prior to the year of their examination, e.g. for the 2021 examination, material is taken from manuscripts with a publication date* 2014 to 2020."
"*Publication date: is defined as the date at which a publication is assigned to a journal issue. For journals which provide both electronic and printed versions, publications will have two dates, the first date when it comes out as 'ePub ahead of print' (DOI), and the second date when it is assigned to a specific issue of the printed journal."
"In general, questions on the Multiple Choice (MC) examination will not be derived from case reports that involve single animals, although images from these case reports may appear in the Image Recognition (IR) examination."
"Supplemental questions may be derived from pertinent articles that appear in the journals below:"