Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2nd edition
Dawn Merton Boothe DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, DACVP

 

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It has been ten years since the first edition of this text. The second edition has been expanded and updated to bring the reader information on both new medications as well as those that have been in use for years. This second edition focuses more on evidence based therapeutics and, to that end, comprehensive reviews of studies and clinical trials have been done to provide the reader with the most up to date and correct information available.

In order to promote judicious drug use, this text discusses the physiology of the organ systems of small animals and the pathophysiology of various diseases to assist the clinician in understanding why certain medications are used. The information covered includes when drug therapy is needed, information to assist with finding the appropriate drug, and the adverse effects of certain drugs.

The text begins with an introduction to drug use and includes chapters that discuss the principles of drug therapy, factors affecting drug disposition, pharmacogenetics, drug induced diseases, and therapeutic drug monitoring. The ensuing sections then cover drugs targeting infections or infestations, drugs targeting body systems, drugs acting on the nervous system, and drugs targeting inflammation or immunomodulation. Each section is broken down into specific chapters which, when relevant, include a list of medications with doses, route of administration, and intervals. While this text does include formularies, these are not as easy to access as a text that is meant to be used strictly as a formulary such as the Veterinary Drug Handbook by Donald Plumb.

This new and updated text includes evidence-based information that allows practioners to understand why certain medications are used and in doing so allows more judicious use of those medications. This text will be a valuable resource for those who ask why one medication is recommended above another, certainly a text that veterinarians and technicians alike will reach for when there are questions in their mind and choices to be made.

Publisher: Elsevier Saunders (2011)

1334 pages, soft cover

ISBN: 978-0721605555


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Introduction
Alternative Medicine
Anatomy
Anesthesia/Analgesia
Animal Welfare
Aquatic/Fish
Avian
Behavior
Camelids
Canine
Cardiology
Client Education
Cytology / Hematology / Histology
Dental
Dermatology
Dictionary/Reference
Drugs/Pharmacology
Emergency Med
Endocrine
Epidemiology
Equine
Ethics
Exotics
Feline
Food Animals/Livestock
General
Genetics
Geriatrics
Handling & Restraint
Human-Animal Bond
Imaging & Radiology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
Microbiology
Multimedia
Neurology
Nutrition
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Parasitology
Pathology
 
* BSAVA Canine Feline Haematology
 
* Handbook Urinalysis (VSPN Review)
 
* Lab. Vet. Tech. 5th Ed. (VSPN Review)
 
* Pathogenesis Bacterial Infection 3rd Ed.
 
* Vet. Forensics
 
Animal Abuse: Forensic
 
Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and Public Health (VSPN)
 
Blackwell Lab. Tests (VSPN Review)
 
Clinical Pathology
 
Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Techniques for Veterinary Technicians (VSPN)
 
Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team
 
Duncan & Prasse's Veterinary Laboratory Medicine Clinical Pathology, 5th ed
 
Equine Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction
 
Equine Clinical Pathology (VSPN)
 
Fundamental Clin. Path. 2nd Ed.
 
General Pathology Nurses (VSPN Review)
 
Intro. Vet. Comp. Forensic
 
Intro. Vet. Pathology 3rd Ed.
 
Kirkbride’s Diagnosis of Abortion and Neonatal Loss in Animals 4th (VSPN)
 
Lab. Urinalysis Hematology
 
Path. Rod. Rabbit 3rd Ed.
 
Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, 5th Ed.
 
Pathological Basis of Veterinary Disease, 5th Ed. (VSPN Review)
 
Pathology of Pet and Aviary Birds (VSPN)
 
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Small Animal Pathology for Veterinary Technicians (VSPN)
 
Vet. Clin. Path. Intro.
 
* Lab. Profile SA 3rd Ed.
 
* Mechanisms of Disease 3rd Ed.
 
* Path. Rod. Rabbit 2nd Ed.
 
* Pathologic Basis 4th Ed. (VSPN Review)
 
* Pathology Pet Aviary
Pediatrics
Physiology
Physiotherapy
Practice Management
Primates
Rabbits, Rodents & Ferrets
Reproduction
Reptile/Amphibian
Research
Respiratory
Ruminants
Sheep/Goats
Shelter Medicine
Surgery
Swine
Technicians
Toxicology
Urology/Renal
Veterinary Education
Wildlife-Zoo Animals
Zoonoses

Date Published: October 7, 2012

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