Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology for Wildlife

Dear Colleagues,

If pharmacology is defined as the study of interactions between living systems and substances administered to obtain a beneficial therapeutic effect, clinical pharmacology implies the selection of the right drug related to clinical requirements and the monitoring of effects. Despite the enormous progress in this field that has been reached for the treatment of domestic species, many difficulties still hinder the possibility of a similar achievement for wild species. Wildlife clinical medicine requires a unique set of skills, and often represents a challenge for practitioners, due to the scarce availability of resources to rely on in therapeutic decisions. The risks of substituting protocols between different species despite their metabolic peculiarities include therapeutic failures or death of the treated subjects.

Correspondingly, the availability of environmental toxicology data is extensive, but the clinical approach is often lacking or difficult to assess; therefore, the only gained information is that many pollutants threaten wildlife, leading to the death of individuals or altering population dynamics in poorly understood ways, and the complex interconnection between wildlife, humans, livestock, and the environment is still difficult to understand. Hence, the importance of sharing information to advance these branches of veterinary sciences is clear.

Dr. Olimpia R. Lai
Dr. Nicola Pugliese
Guest Editors

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