Study Materials

USEFUL TOOLS: Notes, practice tests, study aids for VTNE

The Zuku Review of Books for VTNE

Three to start with:

Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 6th edition, McCurnin and Bassert

Excellent. Well illustrated and written:

Covers it all in one book- anesthesia, radiology, restraint, records, fluid calcs and pretty much anything else you will want for VTNE.

Many pictures here to anchor ideas. This is the book you study from.

Mosby’s Comprehensive Review for Veterinary Technicians, , 2nd edition, Tighe and Brown

Outline format is a little dry (few pictures), but lots of good, VTNE-style multiple choice questions after each chapter, and a 290-question practice test at the end.

The VSPN Notebook,Warren, Bove and Smith, eds.

Written by veterinary technicians, for veterinary technicians at the Veterinary Support Personnel Network.

This 3-ring binder of clinical “How-To’s” is practical & clear.
This is the book you keep near at hand in the clinic.

Other good references if you want more information:
These books are:

Well organized and
Highly useful in practice
(A little creativity/humor doesn’t hurt, either)

Tschauner’s Guide to Small Animal Clinics 2nd edition—Chris and Susan Pasquini

Guide to Bovine Clinics 4th edition—Chris and Susan Pasquini

Guide to Equine Clinics 3rd edition—Chris and Susan Pasquini, Phil Woods

Generous, well-organized and creatively illustrated with cartoons of animals and conditions that stick in your memory. See more online at: SUDZ Publishing

5 Minute Veterinary Consult, Canine and Feline 3rd edition Larry P.Tilley and Francis W.K. Smith eds.

Just the facts you need to recognize and treat over 800 small animal conditions, from Abcessation to Zinc toxicity.

Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook, 5th edition, Donald C. Plumb

Comprehensive, compact, completely useful, every day.
Organized alphabetically and easy to find the drug info you need, FAST.

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