VM80583: Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology I

This module is designed primarily to introduce students to pharmacology as a basic science in the practice of Veterinary Medicine. It consists of three units namely general pharmacology, chemotherapy and ethnopharmacology. The unit of chemotherapy covers common tropical infections and infestations, emphasizing the various groups of drugs, their mechanisms of action, selective toxicities, therapeutic uses, adverse effects, and drug (antimicrobial, anthelminthic, acaricide) resistance mechanisms. The unit of chemotherapy also discusses antineoplastic drugs and immunomodulators. The unit of ethnopharmacology introduces students to alternative medicine mainly the importance of medicinal plants and nutraceuticals in veterinary medicine.