Pharmacokinetic in Aquatic Animals
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 122
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquatic animals are an important source of protein for humans. On the one hand, to keep aquatic animals healthy and disease-free, some chemical compounds (antibiotics, antihelmintics, antifungals, and disinfectants) are used in aquaculture. On the other hand, due to the development of industries and aquaculture, they are jeopardized by chemical pollutants, including industrial solvents, heavy metals, pesticides, household products, fuel combustion, nanoparticles, microplastics, and prescription and nonprescription human and veterinary medicine.
Pharmacokinetics is a discipline between pharmacy and mathematics that can quantitatively characterize the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of medicines or pollutants in animals or humans. Therefore, pharmacokinetic studies about these compounds can provide in vivo information about aquatic animals to boost the therapeutic efficacy of clinical medicines and reduce the damage caused by chemical pollutants. This Special Issue aims to collect studies (original research articles, perspectives, reviews, and mini-reviews) that focus on pharmacokinetics, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling, and the physiological-pharmacokinetic modeling of aquatic medicine and chemical pollutants.
