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Small Animal Therapeutics, PDF eBook

Small Animal Therapeutics PDF

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Small Animal Therapeutics presents the principles of pharmacokinetics as it relates to small animal treatment.

It discusses the parameters used to gauge the duration of action of individual drugs.

It addresses the factors affecting therapeutic response. Some of the topics covered in the book are the properties of antibacterial drugs; factors which affects the selection of an antibacterial agent; treatment of specific bacterial infections; glucocorticoid secretion; complication of chronic glucocorticoids administration; animal vaccination; inactivated vaccines; and deleterious effects of vaccination.

The physical basis of pain is covered. The mechanisms of analgesics are discussed. The text describes the different type of tranquillizers, sedatives, and anesthetics.

A study of the effects of local and general anaesthetics is presented.

A chapter is devoted to the phases of epilepsy and treatment.

Another section focuses on the identification of epileptic attacks and treatment of rare internal parasitic infestations. The book can provide useful information to veterinarians, doctors, students, and researchers.

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