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Antimicrobial therapy in veterinary medicine /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Giguère, S. (Steeve)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., [2006]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Anti-infective agents in veterinary medicine.
Communicable diseases in animals > Chemotherapy.
Drug Therapy > veterinary.
Anti-Infective Agents > therapeutic use.
Anti-Bacterial Agents > therapeutic use.
Communicable Diseases > veterinary.
Veterinary Drugs.
Table of Contents:
  • Antimicrobial drug action and interaction : an introduction
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods and interpretation of results
  • Antimicrobial resistance and its epidemiology
  • Principles of antimicrobial drug bioavailability and disposition
  • The pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) relationship of antimicrobial agents (new)
  • Principles of antimicrobial drug selection and use
  • Beta-lactam antibiotics : penam penicillins
  • Beta-lactam antibiotics : cephalosporins and cephamycins
  • Other beta-lactam antibiotics : beta-lactamase inhibitors, carbapenems, and monobactams
  • Peptide antibiotics : polymyxins, glycopeptides, and bacitracin
  • Lincosamides, pleuromutilins, and streptogramins
  • Macrolides, azalides, and ketolides (new)
  • Aminoglycosides and aminocyclitols
  • Tetracyclines
  • Chloramphenicol, thiamphenicol, and florfenicol
  • Sulfonamides, diaminopyrimidines and their combinations
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Miscellaneous antibiotics : ionophores, nitrofurans, nitroimidazoles, rifamycins, oxazolidinones, and others
  • Antifungal chemotherapy
  • Antiviral chemotherapy
  • Prophylactic use of antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial chemotherapy for the neutropenic patient (new)
  • Antimicrobial therapy of selected organ systems
  • Antimicrobial therapy of selected bacterial infections
  • Growth promotion uses of antimicrobial agents
  • Antimicrobial drug residues in foods of animal origin
  • Regulation of antibiotic use in animals
  • Prudent use of antimicrobial agents
  • Antimicrobial drug use in horses
  • Antimicrobial drug use in dogs and cats
  • Antimicrobial drug use in cattle
  • Antimicrobial drug use in bovine mastitis
  • Antimicrobial drug use in sheep and goats
  • Antimicrobial drug use in new world camelids (new)
  • Antimicrobial drug use in swine
  • Antimicrobial drug use in poultry
  • Antimicrobial drug use in companion birds
  • Antimicrobial drug use in rodents, rabbits and ferrets
  • Antimicrobial drug use in reptiles
  • Antimicrobial drug use in aquaculture