Pharmacology II

Catalog description

This is a course in veterinary pharmacology. This course focuses on the action of drugs in animals and basic principles of drug disposition and pharmacokinetics. The course will provide presentations on the principles of pharmacology of medications used in animals. Important drug groups discussed during the course will be anti-infective agents used in chemotherapy. These include antibacterial drugs, antifungal drugs, antiviral drugs, and antiparasitic drugs. Anticancer drugs also will be included. Also included in the course are drugs that affect specific body systems such as ophthalmology, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and kidneys.