AVMA-Recognized Specialties

Professional degrees

Authors who have graduated from a veterinary degree program should use the degree actually granted; authors whose degree is something other than DVM or VMD should not substitute DVM or VMD.

            The most commonly encountered veterinary professional degrees are listed below:

                       BVMS

                       BVSc

                       DMV

                       Dr med vet

                       DVM

                       Dr vet med

                       DVSc

                       MV

                       VMD

           For the Dr med vet and Dr vet med degrees, the m and v may be uppercase or lowercase, according to the author’s preference.

Diplomate status

            Authors who are diplomates of specialty organizations recognized by the AVMA should indicate their diplomate status. The following abbreviations should be used. We do not indicate subspecialty (eg, DACVIM¾Specialty of Cardiology; DABVP¾Specialty of Canine and Feline Practice).

                 DABVP         American Board of Veterinary Practitioners

                 DABVT         American Board of Veterinary Toxicology

                 DACLAM     American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

                 DACPV         American College of Poultry Veterinarians

                 DACT            American College of Theriogenologists

                 DACVA        American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists

                 DACVB        American College of Veterinary Behaviorists

                 DACVCP      American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology

                 DACVD        American College of Veterinary Dermatology

                 DACVECC   American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

                 DACVIM      American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

                 DACVM       American College of Veterinary Microbiologists

                 DACVN        American College of Veterinary Nutrition

                 DACVO        American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists

                 DACVP         American College of Veterinary Pathologists

                 DACVPM     American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine

                 DACVR        American College of Veterinary Radiology

                 DACVS         American College of Veterinary Surgeons

                 DACZM        American College of Zoological Medicine

                 DAVDC        American Veterinary Dental College