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Course details
Course code: VVSS00250o13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Veterinary Pharmacology I
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Bożena Obmińska-Mrukowicz
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: During the course students receive a theoretical understanding of the most important groups of drugs used in veterinary medicine and their effects on living organisms. Students know the pharmacologic activities (effect, mechanism of action, therapeutic use and side effects) of principal groups of drugs used for treatment of small and farm animals. Students know disposition and fate of the drugs in the body.
Competences: After the course students are able to suggest adequate drugs therapy in small and farm animals Students are able to write properly prescriptions,give proper medicine in adequate dose.
Prerequisites: Biochemistry, Physiology, Pathophysiology, Veterinary Microbiology
Course content: General pharmacology. Characteristic of the principal groups of drugs used in veterinary medicine: drugs acting on the autonomic, central and somatic nervous system, autacoids and anti-inflammatory drugs, drugs acting on the cardiovascular, renal, respiratory and gastrointestinal system, endocrine pharmacology. Chemotherapy of microbial, parasitic and cancer diseases. Dosage forms, drug prescription orders and veterinary feed directives.
Recommended literature: Roliński Z., Farmakologia i Farmakoterapia Weterynaryjna, PWRiL Warszawa, 2001; Prescott J.F., Baggot J.D., Walker R.D., Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University Press/Ames, 2000; Boothe D.M., Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Saunders Comp., 2001;
Assessment methods: Obligatory passing grades of laboratory course after each semester and final written exam (test) after semester 6. Minimum required knowledge for passing: at least 65%.
Comment: This subject lasts two semesters: Pharmacology I and Pharmacology II.