Practise Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist (CVA) with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
Chi University; certification endorsed by Chi University and the World Association of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (WATCVM) · Chi University United States Small Animal Veterinary Acupuncture Certification Track, current public curriculum consulted 2026-10-22. No revision number or effective date is displayed. CVA is the credential title; the published assessments are a written examination and a clinical acupoint examination, without a separate examination title or code. The assigned workbook label maps to this Chi University pathway. The dated 2026 UC Davis offering corroborates the awarding body but has different assessment thresholds.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Chi University — Veterinary Acupuncture Certification Track, United States Small Animal
- Chi University — Certified Veterinary Acupuncture Program at Chi Campus
- 2026 Small Animal Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist Course
- Chi University — Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine
- WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Medicine in the Western Pacific Region, 2007 — mirrored publication
- Characteristics and TCVM Treatment Strategies for Eight Basic Tongue Quality Abnormalities
- Alexis Jennings — Alternative Medicine and the Food Animal Practitioner, 2023
- UC Davis — Acupuncture in Horses
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Regulates Organ Blood Flow and Apoptosis during Controlled Hypotension in Dogs
- Langevin et al. — Evidence of Connective Tissue Involvement in Acupuncture, 2002
- The Spatial and Segmental Innervation of Somatic Acupoint — A Study of Canine Shen-Shu Point (BL-23)
- 2022 AAHA Pain Management Guidelines — Acute vs. Chronic Pain
- 2022 AAHA Pain Management Guidelines — Chronic Pain Assessment in Dogs
- 2022 AAHA Pain Management Guidelines — Practical Implementation of Assessment Tools
- AAHA — Effective Use of Pain Metrics
- Erin Mayo — Clinical Trials for Acupuncture and Other Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Treatments, 2014
- ACVIM Consensus Statement on Diagnosis and Management of Acute Canine Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disc Extrusion, 2022 — mirrored publication
- WATCVM Newsletter Issue 32, Winter 2017 — Urinary-Incontinence Pattern Differentiation
- Karanikiotes Charisios — Back-Shu and Front-Mu Points
- American Journal of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, August 2021, Volume 16, Number 2
- Cindy West — Feline Tui-na: Techniques for Cats, WATCVM Newsletter Issue 49, Summer 2022
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