22 lectures = 1.5 credits
The clinical pharmacology course covers drug applications germane to each body system as well as treatment of infection and inflammation. It compares and contrasts the particularities pertinent to different animal species and highlights relevant clinical applications. As such, it is designed to complement and expand on the treatment options that students learn as part of their small animal medicine, equine medicine and surgery, and food animal medicine and surgery courses. Basic principles of pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) and pharmacodynamics (biochemical and physiological drug effect, mechanism of action) relevant to veterinary medicine will be covered. Therapeutic uses, contraindications, monitoring, and adverse effects of drugs will be discussed. Rules, regulations, and timely topics in veterinary pharmacology will be addressed.