VPCS 316 — Systemic Pharmacology
Veterinary Medicine · University of Ghana
Anti-inflammatory agents and antacids. Histamine: synthesis, storage and release: Types of histaminic receptors and antagonists. Role of histamine in inflammation and anaphylaxis agents classification and actions. Steroids and inflammation. A study of chemotherapeutic agents including anti-microbial, anti-protozoal, anti-viral, anthelmintics, antiseptics, disinfectants and vitamins: General concepts, classes, modes of action, factors influencing their choice, resistance mechanisms, drug interactions. Drugs acting on the digestive, renal, cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, reproductive and central nervous systems. Hypersensitivity.
- Credits
- 4
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- ANIM 311 — Principles of Animal Nutrition
- ANIM 314 — Introduction to Animal Breeding
- VBAS 311 — Animal Management II
- VPCS 311 — Veterinary Microbiology I (Bacteriology and Mycology)
- VPCS 312 — Veterinary Microbiology II (Virology and Immunology)
- VPCS 313 — Veterinary Parasitology I (Helminthology and Acarology)
- VPCS 314 — Veterinary Parasitology II (Entomology and Protozoology)
- VPCS 315 — General Pathology
- VPCS 317 — General and Autonomic Pharmacology
- VPCS 320 — Field Practice II
- ANIM 211 — Animal Production
- BCMB 217 — Veterinary Biochemistry I
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).