Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Veterinary Science (Volume 4 page 248)
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Year 2 Veterinary Science.
Note: Special requirements: A clean white laboratory coat.
Coordinator: Mr G A Stewart.
Contact: 52 hours of lectures and 39 hours of laboratory exercises, demonstrations, tutorials, discussions and keynote addresses.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
Students completing the program in Veterinary Pharmacology should know and understand:
- the language of pharmacology;
- the concept of drug receptors, ligand-receptor interaction and molecular responses;
- the characteristics of the main classes of drugs used therapeutically in veterinary practice;
- the principles of pharmacokinetics;
- the principles of pharmacodynamics and the effects of the major classes of drugs on physiological and biochemical processes;
- the differences in response to drugs within and between species of animal;
- the principles of chemotherapeutics; and
- the toxicology of therapeutic drugs, agricultural and industrial chemicals and of plant and animal toxins.
Content:
General pharmacology; drugs acting at autonomic synapses; drugs acting on the central nervous system; autocoids and anti-autocoids; drugs modifying cardiac function; drugs affecting fluid and electrolyte balance; haematinics and anabolic steroids; drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract; selective toxicity and chemotherapeutic agents; toxicology.
Assessment:
A 2-hour written examination at mid-year. A 3-hour written examination and a 1-hour practical examination at the end of the year.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Veterinary Science (Volume 4 page 248)
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