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Carmichael
at Mon Nov 20 07:12:30 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carmichael ]
Randal does indeed make good points and I have responded personally to him so no need to go any deeper. We do stock antivenin, however, since we are also a rescue facility (working closely with local, state and federal agencies) there are times when we have to remove an animal from a home where we do not have the A/V for that specific species. In those cases, we make immediate arrangements to find out who has it until our supplies arrive. You are absolutely right about Atheris nitschei, as I wrote in the now published IHS Proceedings of Reptile Husbandry and Propogation book, there is no AV for them. Echis antiserum has been reputed to have some affect but no clinical trials to support it. We do have a protocol in place but when you are talking about species that doesn't have any commercial products available, it becomes a bit of a guessing game in the event of an envenomation.
>>Texasreptiles, you just made some very good points. Rob, just curious, do you stock A/V for all the species you keep? I see you maintain Atheris nitschei, what A/V would you use in the case of an envenomation from that species? Echis monovalent has had some success in treating A. squamiger and A. chlorechis, but that is a gamble to assume it works on nitschei. ----- Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL
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