Veterinary Pharmacology

Brief description of aims and content

This course is designed primarily to introduce students to Pharmacology as a basic science in the practice of Veterinary Medicine. It provides a balance of instruction correlating the science of pharmacology with pharmacotherapeutics.  Scientific information, therapeutic effects, clinical usage, mechanism(s) of drug action, side effects, and toxicity are discussed for each class of drugs presented in the course.  This course reviews the effects of drugs on the major systems. Drugs that affect the cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal tract, endocrine, respiratory, musculoskeletal and integument as well as the haematopoietic systems are presented with emphasis on their mechanism of action, pharmacological effects, clinical uses and adverse effects.