"This accessible, comprehensive text explains how drugs work so you can confidently communicate with clients about current drug therapies. Featuring up-to-date drug information and a new full-color design with added illustrations, tables, and boxes, this thorough resource covers drug uses, abuses, calculation errors, and mistakes."--Publisher.

Veterinary pharmacology and the veterinary technician An introduction to understanding therapeutic applications -- Pharmacy procedures and dosage calculations -- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics: the principles of how drugs work -- Drugs affecting the gastrointestinal tract -- Drugs affecting the cardiovascular system -- Drugs affecting the respiratory system -- Drugs affecting the endocrine system -- Drugs affecting the nervous system: analgesics, tranquilizers, sedatives, and anesthetics -- Drugs affecting the nervous system: anticonvulsants and behavior-modifying drugs -- Antimicrobials -- Disinfectants and antiseptics -- Antiparasitics -- Antiinflamatory drugs -- Answers to self-assessment review questions and application questions.