Veterinary Drugs—2nd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 10856
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Dear Colleagues,
Treating diseases with medicinal substances has been attempted since ancestral times, initially in a primitive and empiric way, but gradually developing into a well-defined science, with strict norms and very clear protocols. Up until recently, veterinary drugs were developed together with human drugs, without clear differentiation between the two. Nevertheless, in recent decades, a clear distinction between drugs intended for human and animal use has been made, although some molecules are still used in both branches of medicine.
Veterinary drugs are substances that are administered to animals in order to prevent or treat a certain disease, to facilitate a certain diagnosis, or to modify various normal behaviors (tranquilizers) or functions (estrus synchronization, ovulation, increase in growth rate, improved milk production, or chemical castration).
The strict regulations that apply to human drug production can be found in the veterinary pharmaceutical industry as well, with very well-established quality control keys and thorough standard operating procedures that ensure the high-quality standard of the end product. Some of those guidelines imply that veterinary drugs must first and foremost be as harmless as possible to the animal patient but at the same time be effective in treating the targeted disease. Moreover, drugs intended for use in food-producing animals must also not pose a risk for human consumers of products derived from treated animals.
In order to prove the high quality of a veterinary drug (as demonstrated by its efficacy and safety), a certain molecule must go through a challenging process of validation, which involves top-quality scientific research and thorough testing. Thus, this Special Issue welcomes original research and reviews of the literature that refer to:
- Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of veterinary drugs;
- Toxicology studies on veterinary drugs;
- Testing of various molecules for veterinary use;
- Food safety and analytical chemistry of all classes of drugs used in veterinary medicine.
Prof. Dr. Mihai Cosmin Cenariu
Prof. Dr. Sanda Andrei
Prof. Dr. Adela Pintea
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- veterinary drugs
- veterinary pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
- veterinary drug toxicology
- food safety
- analytical chemistry
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