Comparative and Veterinary Pharmacology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cunningham, Fiona (Editor), Elliott, Jonathan (Editor), Lees, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 199
• Subjects: Medicine.; Drug resistance.; Pharmacology.; Pain medicine.; Sports medicine.; Veterinary medicine.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Veterinary Medicine.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Drug Resistance.; Pain Medicine.; Sports Medicine.

The human–animal bond has evolved and diversi?ed down the ages. Dogs, cats and even horses, have long ful?lled the role of faithful companion and indeed, as exempli?ed by the introduction of seeing and hearing dogs, there may be a critical level of co-dependency between the species. In the twenty-?r...

Table of Contents:

• Topics in Veterinary Pharmacology
• Species Differences in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
• Comparative and Veterinary Pharmacogenomics
• Drug Delivery Systems in Domestic Animal Species
• Population Medicine and Control of Epidemics
• Interspecies Allometric Scaling
• Pain and Analgesia in Domestic Animals
• New Technologies for Application to Veterinary Therapeutics
• The Interface of Veterinary Pharmacology and Man
• Genetically Modified Animals and Pharmacological Research
• Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
• Drug Residues
• Veterinary Medicines and the Environment
• Veterinary Medicines and Competition Animals: The Question of Medication Versus Doping Control.