Text in English.

Antimicrobial drug action and interaction: an introduction -- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods and interpretation of results -- Antimicrobial resistance and its epidemiology -- Principles of antimicrobial drug bioavailability and disposition -- The pharmacodynamics of antimicrobial agents -- Principles of antimicrobial drug selection and use -- Antimicrobial stewardship in animals -- Beta-lactam antibiotics: penam penicillins -- Beta-lactam antibiotics: cephalosporins -- Other beta-lactam antibiotics: beta-lactamase inhibitors, carbapenems, and monobactams -- Peptide antibiotics: polymyxins, glycopeptides, bacitracin, and fosfomycin -- Lincosamides, pleuromutilins, and streptogramins -- Macrolides, azalides, and ketolides -- Aminoglycosides and aminocyclitols -- Tetracyclines -- Chloramphenicol, thiamphenicol, and florfenicol -- Sulfonamides, diaminopyrimidines, and their combinations -- Fluoroquinolones -- Miscellaneous antimicrobials: ionophores, nitrofurans, nitroimidazoles, rifamycins, and others -- Antifungal chemotherapy -- Prophylactic use of antimicrobial agents, and antimicrobial chemotherapy for the neutropenic patient -- Performance uses of antimicrobial agents and non-antimicrobial alternatives -- Antimicrobial therapy of selected organ systems -- Antimicrobial therapy of selected bacterial infections -- Antimicrobial drug residues in foods of animal origin -- Regulation of antimicrobial use in animals -- Antimicrobial drug use in horses -- Antimicrobial drug use in dogs and cats -- Antimicrobial drug use in cattle -- Antimicrobial drug use in mastitis -- Antimicrobial drug use in sheep and goats -- Antimicrobial drug use in new world camelids -- Antimicrobial drug use in swine -- Antimicrobial drug use in poultry -- Antimicrobial drug use in companion birds -- Antimicrobial drug use in rabbits, rodents, and ferrets -- Antimicrobial drug use in reptiles -- Antimicrobial drug use in zoological animals -- Antimicrobial drug use in aquaculture.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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