Description
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.
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
APPENDICES