Pharmacology of Veterinary Drugs

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

The aims of the elective course involve presentation of veterinary medicinal products and differences

in human and veterinary drugs, formulations, administration routes. Furthermore, it also includes

drug therapies of food-producing animals and treatment of companion animals with novel drugs.

Lectures

• 1. Different types of veterinary treatments, special administration routes, veterinary drug formulations, special treatments of different species - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 2. Drug therapies in respiratory diseases in cats, in dogs and in horses - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 3. Treatments of cardiovascular disorders - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 4. Inhalational and injectable anesthetics in veterinary medicine, euthanasia drugs - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 5. Usage of minor and major tranquilizers in veterinary practice - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 6. Drugs used in animal behavioral treatments - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 7. The veterinary importance of hormone therapy - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 8. Application of antibacterial agents in veterinary field, most frequently applied antibiotics in companion and food-producing animals - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 9. Antifungal agents in veterinary practice - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 10. Anticancer drug therapy in small animals - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 11. Antiparasitic treatments in small and large animals - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet
• 12. Classification of veterinary medicinal products based on therapeutical indications - Pásztiné Gere Erzsébet

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Lecture slideshows

Notes

Dawn Boothe: Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Donald C. Plumb: Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

None

Mid-term exams

The course ends with a mid-year written exam, which is graded as follows: below 60% - fail, between 60-70% - pass, between 70-80% - satisfactory, between 80-90% - good and above 90% - excellent. If the written exam is unsuccessful, the student can take an oral exam.

Making up for missed classes

There is no possibility to make up the lectures.

Exam topics/questions

1. Different types of veterinary treatments, special administration routes, veterinary drug formulations, special treatments of different species

2. Drug therapies in respiratory diseases in cats, in dogs and in horses

3. Treatments of cardiovascular disorders

4. Inhalational and injectable anesthetics in veterinary medicine, euthanasia drugs

5. Usage of minor and major tranquilizers in veterinary practice

6. Drugs used in animal behavioral treatments

7. The veterinary importance of hormone therapy

8. Application of antibacterial agents in veterinary field, most frequently applied antibiotics in companion and food-producing animals

9. Antifungal agents in veterinary practice

10. Anticancer drug therapy in small animals

11. Antiparasitic treatments in small and large animals

12. Classification of veterinary medicinal products based on therapeutical indications

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars