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DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action, where a
drug can be broadly defined as any man-made, natural, or endogenous (within the body) molecule
which exerts a biochemical and/or physiological effect on the cell, tissue, organ, or organism. This
department was established in June 2002 along-with the establishment of University of Veterinary &
Animal Sciences, Lahore in continuation to the Pharmacology Section of the former College of
Veterinary Sciences, Lahore. It is providing necessary information about Pharmacology and Toxicology of
drugs to undergraduates and postgraduates. The courses at this level have been designed to develop
understanding of Clinical Pharmacology of metabolism, endocrinology/ neuro-pharmacology,
physiological chemistry, mechanism of actions and their therapeutic uses. The research activities have
been focused on problems of practical importance, like problems related to drug disposition and species
variation of pharmacokinetic in indigenous animal species under local environmental conditions, macro
and micro minerals estimation in animals, drug residues studies in food animals, drug resistance,
pharmaceutical and chemical toxicity studies, immunopharmacology and effect of drugs on angiogenesis
using different models. The studies are also carried out for screening and pharmacological evaluation of
indigenous medicinal plants.
Eligibility criteria for admission
DVM, MBBS, BDS, Pharm-D/B-Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences.
LABORATORY FACILITIES IN TERM OF EQUIPMENT/ TECHNIQUES:
One new laboratory is also added in already existing laboratories in the Department equipped with
Spectrophotometer, Laminar Flow hood, Autoclave, Fume Hood, Hot Air Oven, Centrifuge Machine s, Egg
Incubator, Stereo and Research Microscopes, Distillation Apparatus, High Performance Liquid
Chromatography, Digital Camera, Refrigerators, Deep Freezers, Analytical weighing balance,Hotplate
with magnetic stirrer, pH meter, Water bath, Soxlet apparatus, Rotary evaporator, Animal House etc.