Venom yields from Australian and some other species of snakes

Venom yields from Australian and some other species of snakes

The wet and dry venom yields for most Australian native dangerous snakes and a number of non-Australian species are presented. Snakes from the Pseudonaja genus yielded higher than previously published amounts and suggest reconsideration be given to increasing the volume of antivenom in each vial. Hi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecotoxicology (London) 2006-08, Vol.15 (6), p.531-538
Hauptverfasser: Mirtschin, Peter J, Dunstan, Nathan, Hough, Ben, Hamilton, Ewan, Klein, Sharna, Lucas, Jonathan, Millar, David, Madaras, Frank, Nias, Timothy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Australia
Naja
Snake Venoms - chemistry
Snake Venoms - secretion
Snake Venoms - toxicity
Snakes
Snakes - classification
Species Specificity
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Zusammenfassung:The wet and dry venom yields for most Australian native dangerous snakes and a number of non-Australian species are presented. Snakes from the Pseudonaja genus yielded higher than previously published amounts and suggest reconsideration be given to increasing the volume of antivenom in each vial. Higher percentage solids were obtained from venoms from the 4 cobra species (Naja) and Pseudechis genus included in this series.
ISSN:0963-9292
1573-3017
DOI:10.1007/s10646-006-0089-x