Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

 Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tenth Edition is a fully updated and revised version of the gold-standard reference on the use of drug therapy in all major veterinary species. Organized by drug class as well as therapeutic use, the book provides exhaustive information on pharmacology in veterinary medicine, focusing on drugs currently used in practice. Written by an international group of top pharmacologists and clinical experts, the new edition adds chapters on pharmaceutics, ophthalmic pharmacology, food animal pharmacology, and aquatic animal pharmacology.

Offering detailed, authoritative information on pharmacological applications in veterinary medicine, the new edition provides current guidance on drug therapies based on the latest published evidence. A companion website offers the figures from the book in PowerPoint. Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tenth Edition is an indispensable resource for veterinarians, veterinary students, veterinary interns and residents, graduate students in comparative biomedical sciences, laboratory animal specialists, drug regulators, and animal science researchers.

    Provides current, detailed information on using drug therapies in all major domestic animal species
    Organized logically by drug class and treatment indication, with exhaustive information on the rational use of drugs in veterinary medicine
    Includes extensive tables of pharmacokinetic data, products available, and dosage regimens
    Adds new chapters on pharmaceutics, ophthalmic pharmacology, food animal pharmacology, and aquatic animal pharmacology
    Includes access to a companion website with the figures from the book in PowerPoint

Jim E. Riviere, DVM, PhD, DSc (hon), ATS, is The MacDonald Chair in Veterinary Medicine, University Distinguished Professor, Kansas Bioscience Eminent Scholar, and Director, Institute of Computational Comparative Medicine at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, USA. He is also a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Mark G. Papich, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVCP, has the Burroughs Wellcome Professorship in Veterinary Pharmacology and is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.