Conditions for completing the course Veterinary Pharmacology for the 3rd level of education:

- individual consultations (2 h) and seminars (2 h)

- elaboration of a seminar work (writen form, approx. 10 pages) on a topic related to the solution of the dissertation

- obtaining credit.

The compulsory optional course Veterinary Pharmacology is an advanced course related to Veterinary Pharmacology, which the postgraduate student completed during the pregraduate study. The graduate will gain comprehensive knowledge of Veterinary Pharmacology with a specific focus on the topic of the dissertation thesis.

The education process is focused on the specifics of veterinary pharmacology and the use of drugs in clinical practice with an emphasis on contraindications, interactions and side effects in animals. Emphasis is placed on the most important pharmacological groups of drugs indicated: - in pharmacotherapy of infectious and parasitic diseases (antiinfectives) - to affect the function of individual organ systems (nervous system, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urogenital and musculoskeletal system).

SYLLABUS OF THE LECTURE ON THE SUBJECT OF VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY FOR THE 3RD LEVEL OF EDUCATION

1./ Molecular basis of antibacterial chemotherapy. Antibacterial agents, special indications, antibacterial combinations, adverse effects and mechanisms of resistance development.

2./ Pharmacotherapy of parasitic diseases.

3./ Drugs affecting the central nervous system.

4./ Drugs acting on the autonomic and somatic nervous system.

5./ Symptomatic pharmacotherapy of diseases of the cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive and digestive system.

6./ Drugs influencing musculo-skeletal aparatus.

7./ Pharmacotherapeutics of the endocrine system.

SYLLABUS OF PRACTICAL EXERCISES OF THE SUBJECT OF VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY FOR THE 3RD LEVEL OF EDUCATION

1./ Methods of the phenotypic resistance testing of antimicrobial substances.

2./ Drug interactions in the pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic phase.

3./ Interactions of the pharmacodynamic type and in the effect on receptors.

4./ Injectable anesthetics and their effect on animal organ systems.

5./ Restrictions on the use of medicines for farm animals and horses.

1. Riviere J.E., Papich M.G. (ed.): Veterinary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 9th Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2009, 1524 pp.

2. Adams H.R. (ed.): Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 8th Edition, Iowa State Press - A Blackwell Publishing Company, 2001, 1174 pp.

3. Plumb D.C.: Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook, 6th Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2008, 1463 pp.

Content prerequisite:

The condition for the participation in the course is completed study in the study programe - Veterinary medicine.

Conditions for completion of course:

Conditions for completing the course Veterinary Pharmacology for the 3rd level of education:

- individual consultations (2 h) and seminars (2 h)

- elaboration of a seminar work (writen form, approx. 10 pages) on a topic related to the solution of the dissertation

- obtaining credit.

Final assessment:

oral exam and defense of professional thesis

The postgradute students finish the course with an oral exam. The condition for the registrering for the exam is to obtain a credit based on the preparation of a seminar essay. Knowledge is evaluated in the form of a pass or failed.