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Pharmacology: Laboratory Animal Technology - PLATP03

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Purpose: Content: Pharmacology: Introduction to pharmacology: definition of medication, absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs, routes of drug administration (oral and parenteral), factors influencing the above mentioned, withdrawal period; medications used in animals, handling and storage of drugs; knowledge of: antibiotics, antibacterials, hormones, antihistamines, vitamins, counterirritants, emollients, vaccines, antisera, fungicides, insecticides, anthelminthics, disinfectants, immobilizations, anaesthetics, antidotes and antiseptics.