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xviii, 942 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. Romich’s FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACOLOGY FOR VETERINARY TECHNICIANS, 3E enables a deep understanding of animal medications, their actions and adverse effects, diseases by body system, drug dosing and administration, safety and more, to prepare vet and animal lab techs for certification. 1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY -- 2. VETERINARY DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL -- 3. PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION -- 4. PHARMACOKINETICS -- 5. VETERINARY DRUG USE, PRESCRIBING, ACQUISITION, AND PHARMACY MANAGEMENT -- 6. SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT IN VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY -- 7. DRUGS AFFECTING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- 8. DRUGS ACTING ON THE HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, AND BLOOD -- 9. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DRUGS -- 10. HORMONAL AND REPRODUCTIVE DRUGS -- 11. GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS -- 12. URINARY SYSTEM DRUGS -- 13. DRUGS USED TO TREAT MUSCULOSKELETAL DYSFUNCTION -- 14. ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS -- 15. ANTIPARASITIC DRUGS -- 16. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND PAIN-REDUCING DRUGS -- 17. DRUGS FOR SKIN CONDITIONS -- 18. OPHTHALMIC AND OTIC MEDICATIONS -- 19. FLUID THERAPY AND EMERGENCY DRUGS -- 20. ANTINEOPLASTIC AND IMMUNOMODULATORY DRUGS -- 21. VACCINES -- 22. BEHAVIOR-MODIFYING DRUGS -- APPENDIX A. PROPER USE OF NEEDLES AND SYRINGES -- APPENDIX B. RECONSTITUTING A POWDER MEDICATION FOR ADMINISTRATION -- APPENDIX C. WITHDRAWING (ASPIRATING) MEDICATION FROM A VIAL -- APPENDIX D. WITHDRAWING (ASPIRATING) MEDICATION FROM AN AMPULE -- APPENDIX E. THE DOS AND DON’TS OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION -- APPENDIX F. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT -- APPENDIX G. UNIT CONVERSIONS AND MATH REFERENCES -- APPENDIX H. CONVERSION OF BODY WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS TO BODY SURFACE AREA IN METERS (FOR DOGS AND CATS) -- APPENDIX I. METRIC CONVERSIONS GUIDE -- APPENDIX J. MATHEMATICS REVIEW -- APPENDIX K. CONSTANT RATE INFUSION (CRI) CALCULATIONS -- APPENDIX L. EUTHANASIA PROCEDURE -- APPENDIX M. VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS -- APPENDIX N. MANAGING ANIMAL TOXICITIES -- APPENDIX O. DRUGS PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID DURING PREGNANCY -- APPENDIX P. DRUGS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY AND CLASSIFIED BY CATEGORY -- DRUG CLASSES -- ADVERSE EFFECTS. Janet Amundson Romich, DVM, MS. Includes bibliographical references and index. Veterinary pharmacology SF915 .R62 2021 9780357361474 2019953843 DLC 191030 20230510134756.0 21280354 eng