Description
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. 
•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

Table of contents
Section 1. Principles of Pharmacology
1. Veterinary Pharmacology: An Introduction to the Discipline
2. Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination
3. Pharmacokinetics
4. Mechanism of Drug Action and Pharmacokinetics/ Pharmacodynamics Integration in Dosage Regimen Optimization for Veterinary Medicine
5. Principles of Pharmaceutics and Veterinary Dosage Forms
Section 2. Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System
6. Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous Systemand Autonomic Pharmacology
7. Adrenergic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists
8. Cholinergic Pharmacology: Autonomic Drugs
Section 3. Anesthetics and Analgesics, and Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous System
9. Introduction to Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous Systemand Principles of Anesthesiology
10.Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
11. Inhalation Anesthetics
12. Injectable Anesthetic Agents
13. Opioid Analgesic Drugs
14. Sedatives and Tranquilizers
15. Local Anesthetics
16. Euthanizing Agents
17. Anticonvulsant Drugs
18. Drugs Affecting Animal Behavior
Section 4. Autacoids and Antiinflammatory Drugs
19. Histamine, Serotonin, and their Antagonists
20.Analgesic, Antiinflammatory, Antipyretic Drugs
Section 5. Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System
21. Digitalis, Positive Inotropes, and Vasodilators
22. Antiarrhythmic Agents
Section 6. Drugs Affecting Renal Function and Fluid–Electrolyte Balance
23. Principles of Acid–Base Balance: Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy, Blood Substitutes
24. Diuretics and Renal Pharmacology
Section 7. Drugs Acting on Blood and Blood Elements
25. Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Hemostatic Drugs
Section 8. Endocrine Pharmacology
26. Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones
27. Hormones Affecting Reproduction
28. Thyroid Hormone and Antithyroid Drugs
29. Glucocorticoids, Mineralocorticoids, and Adrenolytic Drugs
30. Drugs Influencing Glucose Metabolism
Section 9. Chemotherapy of Microbial Diseases
31. Antiseptics and Disinfectants
32. Sulfonamides and Potentiated Sulfonamides
33. ????-Lactam Antibiotics: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, and Related Drugs
34. Tetracycline Antibiotics
35. Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
36. Chloramphenicol and Derivatives, Macrolides, Lincosamides, andMiscellaneous Antimicrobials
37. Fluoroquinolone Antimicrobial Drugs
38. Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs
Section 10 Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases
39. Antinematodal Drugs
40. Anticestodal and Antitrematodal Drugs
41. Macrocyclic Lactones: Endectocide Compounds
42. Antiprotozoan Drugs]
43. Ectoparasiticides
Section 11. Specialty Areas of Pharmacology
44. Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases
45. Immunosuppressive Drugs
46. Drugs for Treating Gastrointestinal Diseases
47. Dermatopharmacology: Drugs Acting Locally on the Skin
48. Drugs that Affect the Respiratory System
49. Ophthalmic Pharmacology
50. Pharmacogenomics
51. Considerations for TreatingMinor Food-Producing Animals with Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
52. Unique Considerations Pertaining to the Use of Drugs in Food Animals
53. Pharmacology in Aquatic Animals
54. Zoological Pharmacology
Section 12 Regulatory and Other Considerations
55. The Regulation of Animal Drugs
56. Veterinary Pharmacy
57. Medication Control Programs in Performance Animals
58. Pharmacovigilance
59. Dosage Forms And Veterinary Feed Directives
60. Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy
61. Chemical Residues In Tissues Of Food Animals