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Delivers the foundational and practical knowledge required for pharmacists to become an integral part of the veterinary health care team, improving therapeutic outcome while preventing serious adverse drug reactions in veterinary patients Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing enables pharmacists and pharmacy students to expand the breadth of their pharmacological knowledge to include common veterinary species. The book offers a practical yet complete resource for dispensing drugs for canine and feline patients, with additional chapters on horses, birds, reptiles, small mammals, and food animals. Edited by a globally recognized expert in veterinary pharmacology, and including chapters written by veterinarians with expertise in pharmacotherapy and pharmacists with expertise in veterinary medicine, this book is designed to help pharmacists enhance the quality of veterinary patient care. This book is the first to combine the expertise of both veterinarians and pharmacists to enable pharmacists to apply their knowledge and skills to assure optimal therapeutic outcomes for patients of all species. Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing: Puts the information needed to safely dispense prescription and OTC drugs for veterinary patients at the pharmacists’ fingertips Focuses on crucial details of canine and feline pharmacotherapeutics Helps pharmacists avoid adverse drug reactions including pharmacogenomic and breed-related drug sensitivities Offers an authoritative resource written by leading veterinary pharmacy experts designed to integrate pharmacists into the veterinary healthcare team Includes crucial regulatory information unique to veterinary drug dispensing and compounding Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing is an essential reference for all pharmacists and pharmacy students that might find themselves dispensing drugs to veterinary patients, as well as for veterinarians and others involved with dispensing veterinary drugs. “Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing is a book long overdue for the pharmacy profession....Whether you have practiced veterinary pharmacy your whole career or have never practiced veterinary pharmacy, this book has much to offer. Veterinarians are encouraged to suggest this book to pharmacists with whom they work and interact.” - JAVMA Vol 255 No. 6  

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Author:   Katrina L. Mealey
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.202kg
ISBN:  

9781119404545

ISBN 10:   1119404541
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   12 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors xi Preface xiii 1 Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacy 1 Gigi Davidson 2 Regulation of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals 25 Eden Bermingham 3 Compounding for Animals 43 Gigi Davidson 4 Comparative Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 75 Katrina L. Mealey and Margo J. Karriker 5 Breed Differences and Pharmacogenetics 95 Katrina L. Mealey 6 Human Over‐the‐Counter (OTC) Products: Precautions for Veterinary Patients 109 Patricia A. Talcott and Katrina L. Mealey 7 Pharmacotherapy of Parasitic Disease 127 Cory Langston and Andrea S. Varela‐Stokes 8 Pain Management in Veterinary Species 173 Butch Kukanich 9 Pharmacotherapeutics of Infectious Disease 189 Mark G. Papich 10 Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics 231 Sunshine M. Lahmers 11 Respiratory Pharmacotherapeutics 269 Katrina L. Mealey 12 Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Pancreatic Pharmacotherapeutics 281 Michael D. Willard 13 Pharmacotherapy of Renal and Lower Urinary Tract Disease 297 Joe Bartges 14 Pharmacotherapeutics of Immune‐Mediated Disease 339 Katrina R. Viviano 15 Endocrine Pharmacotherapeutics 361 Katrina L. Mealey 16 Behavioral Pharmacotherapeutics 377 Karen L. Overall 17 Pharmacotherapeutics of Neurological Disorders 403 Annie Chen‐Allen 18 Dermatologic Pharmacotherapeutics 417 Alice M. Jeromin 19 Ophthalmic Pharmacotherapeutics 439 Terri L. Alessio and Katrina L. Mealey 20 Pharmacotherapeutics of Cancer 453 Katrina R. Viviano 21 Introduction to Equine Pharmacotherapy 471 Jennifer L. Davis 22 Introduction to Food Animal Pharmacotherapy 501 Virginia R. Fajt 23 Pharmacotherapeutics for Nontraditional Pets 519 Valerie Wiebe and Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe 24 Special Considerations for Service, Working, and Performance Animals 543 Katrina L. Mealey 25 Counseling for Owners of Veterinary Patients 549 Katrina L. Mealey Appendix A Veterinary Teaching Hospital Pharmacy Contact Information 565 Katrina L. Mealey Appendix B Directional Anatomical Terminology of Bipeds Quadrupeds 567 Katrina L. Mealey Appendix C Vital signs and potential monitoring parameters for dogs, cats, horses, and ferrets 569 Katrina L. Mealey Appendix D Auxiliary Labels Cross‐referenced by Drug 571 Gigi Davidson Appendix E FDA Adverse Event Reporting Form 579 Gigi Davidson Appendix F Veterinary Pharmacogenetics Testing Laboratories with Counseling Expertise 585 Katrina L. Mealey Appendix G Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Laboratories 587 Katrina L. Mealey Appendix H Canine and Feline Body Surface Area Conversion Tables 589 Stephen W. Mealey Appendix I Zoonotic Diseases of Dogs, Cats, and Horses 591 Katrina L. Mealey Index 593

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The Editor Katrina L. Mealey, BS (Pharm), DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVCP, and NAI Fellow, is a Professor and Endowed Chair at Washington State University and is the Founding Director of the Program in Individualized Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine in Pullman, WA, USA.

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