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Essential books for mixed practice
BSAVA Small Animal FormularyBSAVA Small Animal Formulary
Buy used from: £35.99
Essential for the back of the consult room - both licenced and off licence drugs, all you need to know concisely written down
BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets (BSAVA British Small Animal Veterinary Association)BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets (BSAVA British Small Animal Veterinary Association)
Buy used from: £118.78
Again brilliant for a quick look when there's something different in the consult room, the chapter on rabbits probably not as extensive as you might need, but a good place to start.
Small Animal Internal MedicineSmall Animal Internal Medicine by Richard W. Nelson DVM
Buy new: £123.50 / Used from: £90.26
Essential as a medicine referance for those tricky cases, easy to read, tables of DDx etc. Some prefer Ettinger but I get bogged down in too much detail and find its index difficult to navigate.
Small Animal Surgery TextbookSmall Animal Surgery Textbook by Theresa Welch Fossum DVM MS PhD Dipl ACVS
Buy new: £106.89 / Used from: £100.02
Great to have as a safety net from your first spay to fracture fixation. Covers pre-op care, antibiosis, anaesthetic concerns as well as good pics of surgery for pretty much any surgical proceedure
Manual of Equine PracticeManual of Equine Practice by Reuben J. Rose DVSc PhD DipVet An FRCVS MACVSc
Buy new: £73.05 / Used from: £75.00
Would not go to an Equine call without it sitting on the back seat. Easy to read, important notes in itallics, and great pics of nerve blocks etc
Adams' Lameness in HorsesAdams' Lameness in Horses by Ted S. Stashak DVM
Buy new: £60.38 / Used from: £54.36
An absolute must if you into horses in a big way
Veterinary Laboratory MedicineVeterinary Laboratory Medicine by Morag G. Kerr
Buy new: £42.49 / Used from: £37.90
So handy for those puzzling lab results - small or large animal. Contains differentials, examples of pattern recognition, and guides selection of appropriate diagnostics.
Bovine Medicine: Diseases and Husbandry of CattleBovine Medicine: Diseases and Husbandry of Cattle
Buy new: £150.01 / Used from: £249.23
If you are going to have a lot of dealings with cows this book has everything there is to know and more. Not as easy to read as most of the small-y books but the best there is.
Cattle Lameness and HoofcareCattle Lameness and Hoofcare by Roger Blowey
Buy new: £13.97
All you need to know about trimming feet and what you'll come across when you do. Pitched at farmer level but very useful none-the-less
Diseases of SheepDiseases of Sheep by Ian Aitken
Buy new: £96.18 / Used from: £151.99
Everything you need to know about our woolly little friends, and less radically opinionated than the book by Phil Scott.
Pet Hates: The Shocking Truth About Pets and VetsPet Hates: The Shocking Truth About Pets and Vets by Josh Artmeier
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00
Comforting after a bad day...