Comparative and Veterinary Pharmacology

The topics addressed in this volume of comparative and veterinary pharmacology, as a series of succinct state of the art reviews, illustrate both the commonality and differences between drug pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics in animals and man and demonstrate the potential impact of drug use in...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cunningham, Fiona. (Editor), Elliott, Jonathan. (Editor), Lees, Peter. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
Series:Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 199
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10324-7
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Topics in Veterinary Pharmacology
  • Introduction. Species variability in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Pharmacogenomics in domestic animal species. Drug delivery in domestic animal species. Population medicine and control of disease epidemics. Interspecies allometric scaling. Pain and analgesia in domestic animal species. New technologies for application to veterinary therapeutics
  • Part II: The Interface of Veterinary Pharmacology and Man
  • Genetically modified animal. Antimicrobial drug resistance. Drug residues. Veterinary medicines and the environment. Veterinary medicines and competition animals.