Title: Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent
Additional Names: North and South American antisnakebite serum
Literature References: Immunoglobulin G (IgG) complex isolated from serum of horses that have been immunized with venoms of snakes from the Crotalidae family (Crotalus atrox, C. adamanteus, C. durissus terrificus, Bothrops atrox). Ref: Gingrich, Hohenadel, in Venoms, E. E. Buckley, N. Porges, Eds. (Publ. 44 of Am. Assoc. Adv. of Sci., Washington, 1956) p 381; Keegan, ibid., p 413. Purification: F. O. Cope, Proc. Pa. Acad. Sci. 53, 43 (1979). Use in treatment of rattlesnake bites: T. M. Davidson, S. F. Schafer, Postgrad. Med. 96, 107 (1994). ELISA determn in serum: C. L. Ownby et al., South. Med. J. 89, 803 (1996).
Therap-Cat: Antidote to snake venom.
Therap-Cat-Vet: Antidote to snake venom. |