ATE 2634 - Animal Pharmacology

School of Veterinary Technology

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2019 (555)

Requisites

Prerequisite ATE 1211 with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course is a study of the principles and practices related to veterinary pharmacology. Lecture topics will include a review of veterinary pharmacology and pharmacokinetics. Emphasis is on the application of the principles of pharmacology in small animal veterinary practice.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will recognize the principles of pharmacology in veterinary medicine by:
    1. identifying and defining the common terms, abbreviations, and units of measure of veterinary pharmacology.
    2. defining the routes of administration, actions, interactions, and adverse reactions of drugs in the body.
    3. calculating common drug dosages.
    4. explaining the federal standards relating to controlled substance handling, dispensing, disposal, and documentation.
    5. using the principles of prescription writing, drug labeling, and safety packaging.
    6. applying information from this course to accurately explain necessary information about the prescribed medications to clients.
  2. The student will identify the effects of drugs on body systems in a variety of veterinary species by:
    1. listing routes of administration, indications, and contraindications for drugs affecting the autonomic nervous, central nervous, hemopoietic, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and endocrine systems.
    2. contrasting routes of administration, indications and contraindications for commonly used antibiotics and anthelminthics.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

Revised 8/84 Revised 3/86 DBT 2/16/93 Effective Session 19923 3 YR C&I Review 1992-93 C&I 10/13/99, DBT 11/16/99, effective 19992. 3 Year Review 2003. On-line 20032. C&I 10/9/07,BOT 11/20/07, eff20081(0400). C&I Approval: 01/20/2012, BOT Approval: 02/21/2012, Effective Term: Fall 2012 (460).
C&I Approval: 07/26/2018, BOT Approval: 09/18/2018, Effective Term: Spring 2019 (555)

Related Programs

  1. Veterinary Technology (VETTC-AS) (640) (Active)