Applied Pharmacology

General

Course Contents

Drugforms, action, absorption, elimination, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, reverseactions, dosageforms. Legislation. Drugs acting on nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, digestive system. Antibacterial and antiparasitic drugs. Drug residues in tissue and animal products.

Educational Goals

Learning objectives:
Learning about the different veterinary drugs, treatment and use of drug therapies.

General Skills

Retrieve, analyze and synthesize data and information, with the use of necessary technologies. Adapt to new situations. Decision making. Work autonomously. Work in teams. Generating new research ideas. Design and project management. Respect natural environment. Criticism and self-criticism. Promote free, creative and inductive thinking.

Teaching Methods

Στην τάξη.

Use of ICT means

Το μάθημα πραγματοποιείται με τη χρήση ηλεκτρονικών πολυμέσων.
Οι ανάγκες του εν λόγω μαθήματος καλύπτονται με computer, σύνδεση Internet και dataprojector και διαφανοσκόπιο για την επίδειξη διαφανειών.
Ως Εκπαιδευτικό Λογισμικό χρησιμοποιoύνται το PowerPoint, Word, Excel και DVDs.
Η επικοινωνία με τους φοιτητές γίνεται μέσω e-mail.

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures, Laboratory Work39
Study and analysis of scientific papers and book chapters18
Autonomous study63
Total120

Students Evaluation

Ι. Final written exams (100%) which contains questions on lectures

OR

ΙΙ. Written midterm test (20%) which contains questions on lectures and Final written exams which contains questions on lectures.

Recommended Bibliography

1. Adams H.R. 1992. Veterinary Pharmacology and therapeutics. lowa State University press.
2. Booth N., McDonald L., 1982. Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Blackwell Scientific Publications.
3. ΜουζούραςΣ., 1996. ΚτηνιατρικήΦαρμακολογία. Αθήνα.
4. Merck Veterinary Manual 9th ed.
5. Prescott C., Baggot S., 1993. Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine. Blackwell Scientific Publications.
6. Starmer G., 1995. Principles of Veterinary Therapeutics. Blackwell.