CVTEA accreditation policies and procedures
Last update to this section: January 2026
Appendix F – Equipment and Instructional Resources List
This list is designed to monitor resources used in educating veterinary technicians. Items must be owned or available for primary teaching.
*Species preceded by an asterisk are required. All others are recommended. |
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| COMPANION ANIMALS |
| *Cats |
| *Dogs |
| *Horses/ponies/donkeys/mules |
| FOOD & FIBER ANIMALS |
| *Cattle |
| *Small Ruminants (Goats or Sheep) |
| Pigs |
| Camelids |
| LABORATORY & EXOTIC ANIMALS |
| Ferrets |
| Gerbils |
| Guinea pigs |
| Hamsters |
| Non-human primates |
| *Rabbits |
| *Rats or Mice |
| *Birds (e.g. pigeons, chickens, parrots, cockatoos, etc.) |
| Fish |
| Reptiles and amphibians |
*Items preceded by an asterisk are required. All others are recommended. |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT |
| *Microscope with camera or teaching microscope |
| AUDIOVISUAL |
| *Electronic presentation system (e.g. projector, software) |
| Learning management system |
| SPECIMENS, MODELS |
| *Large animal skeleton/limbs or veterinary anatomical software system |
| *Dog or Cat skeleton or veterinary anatomical software system |
| CLINICAL EQUIPMENT |
| Anesthesia machine – large animal |
| *Anesthesia machine – dog or cat |
| *Isoflurane or sevoflurane |
| *Non-rebreathing system |
| *Waste anesthetic gas exhaust system |
| *Animal gurney or stretcher |
| *Autoclave |
| *Bandaging/casting material |
| *Bathing equipment |
| *Blood pressure monitoring equipment |
| *Cages complying with federal regulations |
| *Capnometer |
| Cautery equipment (pens acceptable) |
| *Controlled drug cabinet |
| Defibrillator |
| *Dehorners |
| *Dental instruments – large animal—dental floats |
| *Dental instruments – dog or cat—ultrasonic scaler and polisher including appropriate hand instruments |
| *Electric clippers |
| *Electrocardiograph (with printing capabilities as optional) |
| *Emasculator |
| *Emergency supplies and equipment with accessible emergency drugs and dosages, (including, but not limited to, assorted endotracheal tubes, resuscitation bag, assorted intravenous catheter sizes, epinephrine, atropine, lidocaine, face mask(s), stethoscope) |
| *Endotracheal tubes |
| *Esophageal stethoscope |
| *Examination tables |
| Endoscope |
| *Fluid Pump |
| Gas sterilizer |
| *Hoof trimmers and picks |
| *Laryngoscope |
| *Microchip Scanner |
| *Nail trimmers |
| Obstetrical instruments – large animal |
| *Ophthalmoscope |
| *Oral dosing equipment |
| *Laboratory Animal |
| *Large animal |
| *Dog or cat |
| Oral speculum – large animal |
| Oral speculum-dog or cat (Mouth gag) |
| *Orthopedic equipment (familiarity with common orthopedic instruments – e.g. orthopedic wire, K-wire, pins, bone screws, pin cutter, wire cutting scissors, rongeur, bone holding forceps, hand chuck, osteotome, bone curette, mallet, Gigli wire saw and handles, elevator, and bone plates) |
| *Otoscope |
| *Pulse Oximeter |
| *Resuscitation bag |
| *Scales, animal |
| *Stethoscope |
| *Surgical instruments, basic |
| *Surgical lights |
| *Surgical suction |
| *Surgical tables |
| *Syringe – Large animal multi-dose injection syringe |
| Syringe pump |
| *Temperature monitoring device (e.g. thermometer) |
| *Tonometer (digital) |
| *Tourniquet |
| *Tubes – feeding and gavage |
| Ultrasound machine |
| *Vaginal speculum |
| Ventilator |
| *Warming device (e.g. circulating warm water blanket, forced warm air blanket) |
| RESTRAINT EQUIPMENT |
| Laboratory Animal |
| *rodent |
| Large animal |
| *Cattle chute (a restraint device whereby the animal head is fixed and the back and sides are closed to allow safe examination and treatment of patient) |
| *Mechanical Twitch |
| Nose tongs |
| *Ropes |
| *Halter |
| Hog snare |
| Dog or cat |
| *Elizabethan collar |
| *Restraint pole |
| *Muzzle |
| LABORATORY EQUIPMENT |
| Blood mixer/rocker |
| *Centrifuge |
| *Clinical chemistry analyzer |
| *Differential blood cell counter (manual or electronic smartphone apps) |
| *Electronic blood cell counter |
| *Hand tally cell counter |
| Hemocytometer |
| *Incubator |
| McMaster method slide |
| *Microhematocrit centrifuge |
| *Microscopes |
| *Refractometer |
| Scales, laboratory |
| RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT |
| *Protective Aprons, gloves, thyroid collar |
| *Calipers |
| *Cassette or plate holders |
| Computed radiography processor |
| *Directional/Positional markers |
| Protective lead eyeglasses (if required by state law*) |
| *Radiation dosimeter badges |
| *Storage racks for gloves and aprons |
| *Radiographic digital machine – fixed (machine with at least a 200 mA setting; portable x-ray machine not accepted) |
| *Radiographic machine – portable |
| Radiographic viewer (digital) |
| *Radiographic digital machine – dental |