The human-animal bond has evolved and diversi?ed down the ages.
Dogs, cats and even horses, have long ful?lled the role of faithful
companion and indeed, as exempli?ed by the introduction of seeing
and hearing dogs, there may be a critical level of co-dependency
between the species. In the twenty-?rst century, the animal types
that are kept as pets in many parts of the world are extensive
ranging from reptiles through rodents to ruminants and beyond. As
would be predicted by the nature of the relationship, the approach
to treatment of a companion animal is often closely aligned to that
which would have been offered to their owner. However, an
increasing awareness of welfare issues, such as the recognition
that animals expe- ence pain and the proven bene?ts of disease
prevention in intensive farming units, together with the growth in
zoos and wildlife parks, has increased the likelihood of food
producing and non-domesticated animals receiving medicinal products
during their life-time. Although many of the individual drugs or
classes of drugs administered to animals are the same as, or
derived from, those given to man, the safe and effective use of
drugs in animals often cannot be achieved by simply transposing
knowledge of drug action on, or behaviour in, the body from one
species to another. The impact of the anatomical, physiological and
pathophysiological variability that spans the animal kingdom can
often profoundly alter drug response.
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