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RE: I NEED HELP QUICK!!!

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Posted by: Phobos at Thu Mar 12 16:04:30 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Phobos ]  
   

Hi Tom:

I know who you mean, I hope he pulls through. Venom is not unlike that of the other, well known large Bitis species in general, however is really un-classified for the most part. My exporter was bitten last fall and survived a moderate envenomation with just supportive care. He did come very close to dying though.

France Favirept for North African snakes & SAMIR combo is the best combination to use. One or the other alone may not neutralize enough of the the lethal fractions to do the trick. That's the major problem having a species with no specific A/V for the bite. If they are using A/V they should use some of both IMO, although the few reports of bites in Europe they used SAMIR only.

For those of you who don't know what they look like see the picture below. The behave "somewhat" but not exactly like a large green Puff Adder.

Good luck,

Al







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