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Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology Theraputic

Dawn Merton Boothe, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVIM, ACVCP, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

ISBN 0721643647 · Paperback · 544 Pages
W.B. Saunders · Published October 2000

This text focuses on the use of drugs for the prevention and treatment of small animal diseases. The first section of the book focuses on principles of drug therapy with special attention to clinical relevancy. Section two approaches the use of drugs from a categorical basis, while section three addresses drug use from a body systems approach. Each chapter is organized to first present the clinical pharmacology of the drugs, followed by the treatment of specific diseases.

Features

Many useful illustrations facilitate the understanding of pharmacology.
Provides a highly clinical focus, discussing adverse drug reactions and their management and drug interactions. Coverage of disease treatment includes physiology and pathophysiology as it relates to the use of each drug.
Chapters include content on recombinant agents to cover those drugs used to stimulate the hematopoietic and immune systems.
Presents three chapters on antimicrobial therapy and addresses antibiotics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and treatment of bacterial infections.
Includes a unique chapter on pain control, covering antiinflammatories and opioids, as well as disease modifying agents.
Each chapter includes a table of dosages for quick retrieval and reference.

Contents

Section One: Introduction to Drug Use in Small Animals
Chapter 1 Principles of Drug Use in Small Animals
Chapter 2 Factors Affecting Drug Disposition and Extrapolation of Dosing Regimens
Chapter 3 Drug-Induced Diseases
Chapter 4 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Section Two: A Therapeutics Approach
Chapter 5 Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Therapy
Chapter 6 Therapy with Blood and Blood Components
Chapter 7 Drugs Acting on Blood or Blood-Forming Organs
Chapter 8 Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
Chapter 9 Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 10 Treatment of Bacterial Infections
Chapter 11 Treatment of Fungal Infections
Chapter 12 Antiviral Therapy
Chapter 13 Disinfectants, Antiseptics, and Related Germicides
Chapter 14 Drugs for the Treatment of Protozoal Infections
Chapter 15 Drugs for the Treatment of Helminth Infections
Chapter 16 Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Chapter 17 Glucorticoid Therapy in the Dog and Cat
Chapter 18 Chemotherapy
Chapter 19 Immunomodulators or Biological Response Modifiers: Introduction and
Miscellaneous Agents
Chapter 20 Biological Response Modifiers: Interferons; Interleukins; Recombinant
Products; Liposomal Products
Chapter 21 Recombinant Biotechnology in Veterinary Therapeutics

Section Three: A Systems Approach
Chapter 22 Control of Pain in Small Animals: Opioid Agonists and Antagonists and
Other Centrally Acting Analgesics
Chapter 23 Anesthetic Agents
Chapter 24 Anticonvulsant Therapy in Small Animals
Chapter 25 Drugs Which Modify Animal Behavior
Chapter 26 Muscle Relaxants
Chapter 27 Gastrointestinal Pharmacology
Chapter 28 Drugs Affecting the Kidneys and Urination
Chapter 29 Treatment of Urinary Disorders
Chapter 30 Therapy of Cardiovascular Diseases
Chapter 31 Drugs Affecting the Respiratory System
Chapter 32 Drug Treatment of Endocrinopathies
Chapter 33 Dermatologic Therapy
Chapter 34 Rational Use of Reproductive Hormones

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