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 Dispensingenables 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:

Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensingis 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

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.

List of Contributors xi

Preface xiii

1 Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacy 1Gigi Davidson

2 Regulation of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals 25Eden Bermingham

3 Compounding for Animals 43Gigi Davidson

4 Comparative Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 75Katrina L. Mealey and Margo J. Karriker

5 Breed Differences and Pharmacogenetics 95Katrina L. Mealey

6 Human OvertheCounter (OTC) Products: Precautions for Veterinary Patients 109Patricia A. Talcott and Katrina L. Mealey

7 Pharmacotherapy of Parasitic Disease 127Cory Langston and Andrea S. VarelaStokes

8 Pain Management in Veterinary Species 173Butch Kukanich

9 Pharmacotherapeutics of Infectious Disease 189Mark G. Papich

10 Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics 231Sunshine M. Lahmers

11 Respiratory Pharmacotherapeutics 269Katrina L. Mealey

12 Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Pancreatic Pharmacotherapeutics 281Michael D. Willard

13 Pharmacotherapy of Renal and Lower Urinary Tract Disease 297Joe Bartges

14 Pharmacotherapeutics of ImmuneMediated Disease 339Katrina R. Viviano

15 Endocrine Pharmacotherapeutics 361Katrina L. Mealey

16 Behavioral Pharmacotherapeutics 377Karen L. Overall

17 Pharmacotherapeutics of Neurological Disorders 403Annie ChenAllen

18 Dermatologic Pharmacotherapeutics 417Alice M. Jeromin

19 Ophthalmic Pharmacotherapeutics 439Terri L. Alessio and Katrina L. Mealey

20 Pharmacotherapeutics of Cancer 453Katrina R. Viviano

21 Introduction to Equine Pharmacotherapy 471Jennifer L. Davis

22 Introduction to Food Animal Pharmacotherapy 501Virginia R. Fajt

23 Pharmacotherapeutics for Nontraditional Pets 519Valerie Wiebe and Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe

24 Special Considerations for Service, Working, and Performance Animals 543Katrina L. Mealey

25 Counseling for Owners of Veterinary Patients 549Katrina L. Mealey

Appendix A Veterinary Teaching Hospital Pharmacy Contact Information 565Katrina L. Mealey

Appendix B Directional Anatomical Terminology of Bipeds Quadrupeds 567Katrina L. Mealey

Appendix C Vital signs and potential monitoring parameters for dogs, cats, horses, and ferrets 569Katrina L. Mealey

Appendix D Auxiliary Labels Crossreferenced by Drug 571Gigi Davidson

Appendix E FDA Adverse Event Reporting Form 579Gigi Davidson

Appendix F Veterinary Pharmacogenetics Testing Laboratories with Counseling Expertise 585Katrina L. Mealey

Appendix G Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Laboratories 587Katrina L. Mealey

Appendix H Canine and Feline Body Surface Area Conversion Tables 589Stephen W. Mealey

Appendix I Zoonotic Diseases of Dogs, Cats, and Horses 591Katrina L. Mealey

Index 593