Communication is a very important part of our work and Peter Scott has written many articles in magazines, plus books and chapters in textbooks, the more significant contributions are listed here.

Books
"Axolotls" (1981) TFH Publications, New York. 92pp.KW Series No132

"You & Your Dog" (1986) Dorling Kindersley, London. Major author with David Taylor FRCVS.
Extracts published as:
"BVA guide to Dog Care" (1989) Dorling Kindersley, London.
"Boots Dog book" (1986) Dorling Kindersley, London.
"A Fishkeepers Guide to Livebearing Fishes" (1987 & 1996), published by Salamander books.
"A popular Guide to Tropical Aquarium Fishes" (1988), co-author with Dick Mills and David Sands, published by Salamander Books.
"The Complete Aquarium" (1991). Dorling Kindersley, London
"Dogs' (1999), Brilliant Books, London
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Chapters/Sections:
"Veterinary care of Aquarium Fish" in BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets (1986) edited by P.H.Beynon, J.E.Cooper, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
"Veterinary care of Aquarium Fish" in BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets (1991) edited by P.H.Beynon, J.E.Cooper, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
"Nutritional Diseases of Reptiles" in BSAVA Manual of Reptiles (1991) edited by P.H.Beynon, M.P.C.Lawton & J.E.Cooper. published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association
"Nutrition of Psittacines" in "Genus Amazona" 1990 edited by J.& P.Stoodley, published by Bezels Publications
'Treatment', in BSAVA Manual of Ornamental Fish. 1992. edited by R.Butcher, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
'Clinical Approach', in BSAVA Manual of Ornamental Fish. 1992. edited by R.Butcher, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
'Legal Aspects' in BSAVA Manual of Ornamental Fish. 1992. edited by R.Butcher, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
"Therapy in Aquaculture" in "Aquaculture for Veterinarians". 1993. edited by L.A.Brown, published by Pergammon
“Fish Therapeutics” 1994 Veterinary Formulary 2nd Edition edited by Y.Debuf, published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
“Reptile Therapeutics” 1994 Veterinary Formulary 2nd Edition edited by Y.Debuf, published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
'Psittacine Nutrition', in BSAVA Manual of Psittacines. 1996. edited by PE.Beynon,N.Forbes & MPC.Lawton, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
'Neonatal Mediine' co-author J.Stoodley, in BSAVA Manual of Psittacines. 1996. edited by PE.Beynon, N.Forbes & MPC.Lawton, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
‘UK Legislation’, in BSAVA Manual of Ornamental Fish 2
nd Edition. 2002. edited by W.Wildgoose, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
‘Zoonotic, legal and ethical aspects’, in BSAVA Manual of Psittacine Birds 2nd Edition. 2002. edited by N.Harcourt-Brown and J.Chitty, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
‘Legislation’, in BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets. 2009 in press. edited by A.Meredith, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.

‘Salamanders, axolotls and Caecilians’, in BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets. 2009 in press. edited by A.Meredith, published by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.

Consultant to the following books:

"The Healthy Aquarium" by Dr.N.Carrington, published by Salamander books.
"Encyclopedia of fish health", "Encyclopedia of Koi,", "The Marine Aquarium", "Encyclopedia of Koi" all published by Salamander books.
"You and Your Cat" published by Dorling Kindersley, London.
"You and Your Aquarium" published by Dorling Kindersley, London.

Editorships

"Exotic Animals in the Eighties", 1986 edited by P.W.Scott & A.G.Greenwood. published by the British Veterinary Zoological Society
"Rearing neonatal wild animals in captivity", 1989 edited by P.W.Scott & J.K.Kirkwood. Published by Vetark Publishing on behalf of the BVZS.
"Veterinary Care of Endangered Species", 1990 edited by R. Kock and P.W.Scott, Published by Vetark Publications on behalf of the BVZS.