ACVO Required Textbooks - Anatomy, Histology, Embryology
Miller's Anatomy of the Dog by Call Number: Q. 599.744 M61A1993ISBN: 9780721632001Publication Date: 19933rd edition.
Newer edition available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_6945706)
"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."
ACVO Required Textbooks - Physiology
Adler's Physiology of the Eye by Call Number: Q. 617.7 Ad5p 2011ISBN: 9780323057141Publication Date: 201111th edition.
"Most recent edition"
eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_7538368)
"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."
ACVO Required Textbooks - Pharmacology
Veterinary Ophthalmology by Call Number: Q. 636.08977 T3142013ISBN: 9780470960400Publication Date: 2013"Chapter 7 by Regnier, Clode, Rankin and Herring"
eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_7293436)
"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."
ACVO Required Textbooks - Pathology
Veterinary Ocular Pathology: a comparative review by Call Number: Q. 636.08977 V641ISBN: 9780702027970Publication Date: 2010eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_6643545)
"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."
Pathology of Domestic Animals by Call Number: Q. 636.0896 J872p2007ISBN: 9780702028236Publication Date: 20075th edition.
3 volumes.
"Most recent edition"
"Eye chapter only. Review general ocular pathology, the histology and basic mechanisms of pathologic lesions for each section of the eye, and pathologic features of diseases directly applicable to veterinary medicine."
eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_6124837)
ACVO Required Textbooks - Neuro-Ophthalmology
- Veterinary Ophthalmology by Call Number: Q. 636.08977 T3142013ISBN: 9780470960400Publication Date: 2013"Chapter 34 by Webb and Cullen"
eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_7293436)
"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."
Miller's Anatomy of the Dog by Call Number: Q. 599.744 M61A2013ISBN: 9781437708127Publication Date: 20134th edition.
"Most recent edition."
"Cranial nerve section."
ACVO Required Textbooks - Surgery
"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."
Eye Surgery by ISBN: 9783540174073Publication Date: 19902nd edition
"Most recent edition"
Not available at UIUC; please request via I-Share.
Older edition available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_122809)- Microsurgery of the Anterior Segment of the Eye by Call Number: 617.74 T75MISBN: 9780801651076Publication Date: 1974Volume 1: Introduction and Basic Techniques
- Veterinary Ophthalmology by Call Number: Q. 636.08977 T3142013ISBN: 9780470960400Publication Date: 2013"Chapter 11 by Wilkie"
eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_7293436) 
Phacodynamics by Call Number: 617.742059 Se41pISBN: 9781556426889Publication Date: 20044th edition.
"Most recent edition"- Surgical Management of Ocular Disease by Call Number: 636.089 V64131Publication Date: 1997Veterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice; volume 27, number 5.
ACVO Required Textbooks - Clinical Ophthalmology
- Veterinary Ophthalmology by Call Number: Q. 636.08977 T3142013ISBN: 9780470960400Publication Date: 2013eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_7293436)
"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."
- Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal PracticeCall Number: online resource"All issues and sections specifically relating to ophthalmology from the year 2000-present. Individual issues/sections specified elsewhere in this reading list are also recommended."
- Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine PracticeCall Number: online resource"All issues and sections specifically relating to ophthalmology from the year 2000-present. Individual issues/sections specified elsewhere in this reading list are also recommended."
- Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal PracticeCall Number: online resource"All issues and sections specifically relating to ophthalmology from the year 2000-present. Individual issues/sections specified elsewhere in this reading list are also recommended."
- Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal PracticeCall Number: online resource"All issues and sections specifically relating to ophthalmology from the year 2000-present. Individual issues/sections specified elsewhere in this reading list are also recommended."
Equine Ophthalmology by Call Number: Q. 636.108977 G395e 2011ISBN: 9781437708462Publication Date: 20112nd edition.
eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_6646867)
ACVO Recommended Textbooks for Image Recognition exam preparation
"The following texts may be useful in preparing for the Image Recognition portion of the examination. No questions will be derived from these texts for the Written portion of the examination."
- Color Atlas of Veterinary Ophthalmology by Call Number: 636.08977 B264CISBN: 0683003305Publication Date: 1990"Most recent edition"
Equine Ophthalmology by Call Number: Q. 636.108977 Eq562004ISBN: 0702027480Publication Date: 2004"Most recent edition"
Atlas of Feline Ophthalmology by Call Number: 636.808977 K499A2012ISBN: 9780470958742Publication Date: 20122nd edition.
eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_7263352)
Color Atlas of Canine and Feline Ophthalmology by Call Number: Q. 636.708977 D997cISBN: 9780721682396Publication Date: 2004"Most recent edition"
eBook copy available (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_7421499)
Ophthalmic Disease in Veterinary Medicine by Call Number: 636.08977 M363o2010ISBN: 9781840761184Publication Date: 2010Revised edition--from publisher
"Most recent edition"--from ACVO list
Equine Ophthalmology for the Equine Practitioner by Call Number: 636.108977 B791e2008ISBN: 9781591610403Publication Date: 20082nd edition.
"Most recent edition"
ACVO Recommended, Non-required Reading
- System of Ophthalmology by Call Number: 617.7 D88SPublication Date: 1958Volume 1.
"Especially important are chapters on exotic and domestic species". - Comparative Anatomy of the Eye by Call Number: 591.48 P93CPublication Date: 1956"Recommend review of the rabbit, pig, ruminant sections, other species are covered in more contemporary texts--see below."
"The following texts are considered essential reading for veterinary ophthalmologists and ophthalmology residents. However, specific exam questions will not originate from these books, most of which are out of print, but still available in many veterinary school libraries."
- Atlas of Veterinary Ophthalmoscopy by Call Number: 636.08977 R82AISBN: 9780812104370Publication Date: 1974
- Inherited Eye Diseases in Purebred Dogs by Call Number: 636.708977 R824IISBN: 9780683074529Publication Date: 1989