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Comparative and Veterinary Pharmacology

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Fiona Cunningham

    1. Dept. Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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  2. Jonathan Elliott

    1. Dept. Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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  3. Peter Lees

    1. Dept. Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 199)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Topics in Veterinary Pharmacology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Fiona Cunningham, Jonathan Elliott, Peter Lees
      Pages 3-17

    3. Species Differences in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

      • Pierre-Louis Toutain, Aude Ferran, Alain Bousquet-Mélou
      Pages 19-48

    4. Comparative and Veterinary Pharmacogenomics

      • Carrie M. Mosher, Michael H. Court
      Pages 49-77

    5. Drug Delivery Systems in Domestic Animal Species

      • David J. Brayden, Emilie J. M. Oudot, Alan W. Baird
      Pages 79-112

    6. Population Medicine and Control of Epidemics

      • Hafid Benchaoui
      Pages 113-138

    7. Interspecies Allometric Scaling

      • Robert P. Hunter
      Pages 139-157

    8. Pain and Analgesia in Domestic Animals

      • Alex Livingston
      Pages 159-189

    9. New Technologies for Application to Veterinary Therapeutics

      • Jim E. Riviere
      Pages 191-210

  3. The Interface of Veterinary Pharmacology and Man

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 212-212
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    2. Genetically Modified Animals and Pharmacological Research

      • Dominic J. Wells
      Pages 213-226

    3. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance

      • Marilyn Martinez, Peter Silley
      Pages 227-264

    4. Drug Residues

      • Philip T. Reeves
      Pages 265-290

    5. Veterinary Medicines and the Environment

      • Alistair B. A. Boxall
      Pages 291-314

    6. Veterinary Medicines and Competition Animals: The Question of Medication Versus Doping Control

      • Pierre-Louis Toutain
      Pages 315-339

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 341-348
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The human–animal bond has evolved and diversi?ed down the ages. Dogs, cats and even horses, have long ful?lled the role of faithful companion and indeed, as exempli?ed by the introduction of seeing and hearing dogs, there may be a critical level of co-dependency between the species. In the twenty-?rst century, the animal types that are kept as pets in many parts of the world are extensive ranging from reptiles through rodents to ruminants and beyond. As would be predicted by the nature of the relationship, the approach to treatment of a companion animal is often closely aligned to that which would have been offered to their owner. However, an increasing awareness of welfare issues, such as the recognition that animals expe- ence pain and the proven bene?ts of disease prevention in intensive farming units, together with the growth in zoos and wildlife parks, has increased the likelihood of food producing and non-domesticated animals receiving medicinal products during their life-time. Although many of the individual drugs or classes of drugs administered to animals are the same as, or derived from, those given to man, the safe and effective use of drugs in animals often cannot be achieved by simply transposing knowledge of drug action on, or behaviour in, the body from one species to another. The impact of the anatomical, physiological and pathophysiological variability that spans the animal kingdom can often profoundly alter drug response.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Fiona Cunningham, Jonathan Elliott, Peter Lees

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