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phobos
at Mon Nov 20 07:27:30 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by phobos ]
I would agree that Echis is the best A/V (There are 3 different manufacturers) to use in the case of any Atheris envenomation. Again, no hard clinical data available and no in vitro tests either. It is not to diffficult to use an ELISA type test to see what activity any A/V would have against venom of a specific species. A/V manufacturers use it to quantify the number of units of Mouse LD50's their A/V can neutralize. The only problem is $$ to have a lab run the tests in addition to having some pooled venom and different A/V If I still worked in a lab this would be easy, as we did those tests all the time.
Sometimes the best guess is all you have to go on, like for instance the Zoo's that keep the Mangshan Pit Viper. They guess that Taiwan "Pit Viper" A/V will do the trick but don't really know for sure.
Al ----- Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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