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Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales, goats and all creatures big and small

  • Written by Sherry Cox, Clinical Professor of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee
imageHow do you measure the concentration of a drug in a tortoise shell?Thirawatana Phaisalratana/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In my work as a veterinary pharmacologist, I never know exactly what I’m going to get when I open my email. It could be a request from a veterinarian asking my team to determine the concentration of a drug to treat the...

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