Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine 4th edition

Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine has been restructured, completely updated, and considerably expanded beyond previous versions. Now divided into four sections, highlights of this edition include new chapters on pharmocokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationships of antimicrobial agents, prophylactic use of antimicrobial agents, antimicrobial chemotherapy for the neutropenic patient, prudent use of antimicrobial agents, and antimicrobial therapy in New World camelids. The Fourth Edition includes coverage of the most recent antimicrobial agents developed for use in human or veterinary medicine.

Chapters on regulation, growth promotion uses and antimicrobial drug residues are fully revised to reflect extensive reexamination in many countries of the use of antimicrobial agents as growth promoters or in the prevention of disease in animals. Veterinarians, specialists, and students alike will find this book to be an indispensable reference on the general principles, special considerations, and clinical applications of virtually all types of antimicrobials used in veterinary medicine.

Contents 

1. Antimicrobial Drug Action and Interaction: An Introduction
2. Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Drug Dosage Prediction
3. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance and Its Epidemiology
4. Principles of Antimicrobial Drug Disposition
5. Principles of Antimicrobial Drug Selection and Use
6. Beta-lactam Antibiotics: Penam Penicillins
7. Beta-lactam Antibiotics: Cephalosporins and Cephamycins
8. Beta-lactam Antibiotics: Beta-lactamase Inhibitors (Clavulanic Acid, Sulbactam), Carbapenems, and Monobactams
9. Polymyxins, Glycopeptides, Mupirocin, and Bacitracin
10. Aminoglycosides and Aminocyclitols
11. Lincosamides, Macrolides, and Pleuromutilins
12. Chloramphenicol, Thiamphenicol, and Florfenicol
13. Tetracyclines
14. Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, Ormetoprim, and Their Combinations
15. Fluoroquinolones
16. Miscellaneous Antibiotics: Ionophores, Nitrofurans, Nitroimidazoles, Rifampin, and Others
17. Antifungal Chemotherapy
18. Antiviral Chemotherapy
19. Special Considerations
20. Selected Organ Systems
21. Dose Modification
22. Selected Bacterial Infections
23. Anthelmintic Chemotherapy
24. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Horses
25. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Dogs and Cats
26. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Cattle
27. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Sheep, and Goats
28. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Swine
29. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Pet Birds
30. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Poultry
31. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Rodents and Rabbits
32. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Reptiles
33. Antimicrobial Drug Use in Bovine Mastitis
34. Growth Promotion and Feed Antibiotics
35. Antimicrobial Drug Residues in Food-producing Animals
36. Appendix A. FDA Regulations on Extra-label Drug Use
37. Appendix B. Conversion Factors and Equivalent Measures
38. Index

About the Author

• Steeve Giguère, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM, is an Associate Professor of Large Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA
• John F. Prescott, MA, Vet.MB, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
• J. Desmond Baggot, MVM, PhD, DSc, FRCVS, is Professor of Veterinary Pharmacology and the Associate Dean for Clinical Training, St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine, Grenada.
• Robert D. Walker, MS, PhD, is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA.
• Patricia M. Dowling, MS, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM, ACVCP, is Professor of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences at Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 626 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 4 edition (February 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813806569
• ISBN-13: 978-0813806563
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 1.3 inches 

List Price: $149.99

Tags: Pharmacology