The study of drugs that affect animal health and production.
Introduction to Pharmacology: Provides an overview of drugs, their classification, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.
Pharmacokinetics: Discusses the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of drugs in the body.
Pharmacodynamics: Explains how drugs interact with specific receptors in the body, leading to therapeutic or adverse effects.
Drug Interactions: Explores how drugs affect each other when administered together, and how this impacts efficacy and safety.
Dosage Forms and Routes of Administration: Describes the different types of drugs and how they are administered, including oral, injectable, and topical.
Agonists and Antagonists: Details how different drugs mimic or block the action of certain substances in the body.
Adverse Effects and Toxicity: Examines the potential side-effects of drugs, as well as their toxicity at different doses.
Drug Resistance: Explains how microorganisms can develop resistance to antimicrobials through gene mutations, leading to therapeutic failure.
Antibiotic Stewardship: Discusses the responsible use of antibiotics in agriculture to prevent the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Pharmacology of Parasiticides: Focuses on drugs used to treat and prevent parasites in farm animals, including anthelmintics and ectoparasiticides.
Pharmacology of Anesthetics: Examines different types of anesthetics and their pharmacokinetics and mechanisms of action.
Pharmacology of Analgesics: Details various pain management drugs, including opioids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and corticosteroids.
Pharmacology of Corticosteroids: Discloses how these synthetic drugs work in the body and their potential side effects.
Pharmacology of Hormones: Discusses the use of hormone treatments in animal agriculture, including growth promoters, reproductive hormones, and thyroid hormones.
Pharmacology of Vaccines: Details how vaccines work, their administration, and different types of vaccines used in animal agriculture.
Clinical pharmacology: This field of pharmacology deals with the interactions of drugs and their usage in the treatment of animals.
Toxicology: It studies the effects of drugs and chemicals on animals and aims to develop the best practices and guidelines for utilizing drugs safely and efficiently.
Pharmaceutical chemistry: It is the study of the structural and functional characteristics of drugs, their development, and their formulation.
Ethnopharmacology: This field of pharmacology studies the use of medicines by different cultures and societies.
Veterinary pharmacology: This focuses on the safe use of drugs for veterinary purposes like animal health, disease prevention and control, diagnosis, and treatment of animals.
Pharmacogenomics: This branch of pharmacology researches how genetics influences an animal's reaction to drugs.
Psychopharmacology: It deals with the study of the effects of drugs on animal behavior.
Clinical toxicology-It is concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of poisoning in animals.: Clinical toxicology in the context of agriculture and pharmacology focuses on diagnosing, treating, and preventing poisonings in animals.
Environmental pharmacology: It studies the relationship between animals, drugs, and the environment.
Molecular pharmacology: This field of pharmacology is concerned with the molecular basis of drug action and the development of new drugs.
Immunopharmacology: This field of pharmacology studies the mechanism of action of drugs on the animal immune system.
Pharmacokinetics: It studies the passage of drugs through the animal's body and how the body processes and eliminates the drugs.