Comparative and veterinary pharmacology / Fiona Cunningham, Jonathan Elliott, Peter Lees, editors. - Berlin ; London : Springer, c2010. - x, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 199 . - Handbook of experimental pharmacology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I.Topics in veterinary pharmacology -- Introduction. Fiona Cunningham, Jonathan Elliott, and Peter Lees -- Species differences in pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics. Pierre-Louis Toutain, Aude Ferran, and Alain Bousquet-Meşlou -- Comparative and veterinary pharmacogenomics. Carrie M. Mosher and Michael H. Court -- Drug delivery systems in domestic animal species. David J. Brayden, Emilie M. Oudot, and Alan W. Baird -- Population medicine and control of epidemics. Hafid Behchaoui -- Interspecies allometric scaling. Robert P. Hunter -- Pain and analgesia in domestic animals. Alex Livingston -- New technologies for applicatioin to veterinary therapeutics. Jim E. Riviere -- Part II.The interface of veterinary pharmacology and man -- Genetically modified animals nad pharmacological research. Dominic J. Wells -- Antimicrobial drug resistance. Marilyn Martinez and Peter Silley -- Drug residues. Philip T. Reeves -- Veterinary medicnes and the environment. Alistair B. A. Boxall -- Veterinary medicines and competition animals: the question of medication versus doping control. Pierre-Louis Toutain.

This volume addresses not only a series of key topics in the discipline of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics that will be of interest to those researching and treating animal disease, but also emphasising the comparative aspects of the subject and the interface with human health and disease.

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Veterinary drugs.
Veterinary pharmacology.
Veterinary pharmacology
Sports injuries & medicine
Pain & pain management
Medicine: general issues
Pharmacology
Veterinary medicine
Farming and Country Life.
Veterinary Drugs--pharmacokinetics
Veterinary Drugs--pharmacology

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