Retrospective study of snake envenomation in 155 dogs from the Onderstepoort area of South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 169-172

  Lobetti, R G ^a,b   Joubert, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Bryanston Veterinary Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Canine; Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica); Puff adder (Bitis arietans); Rinkhals (Haemachatus haemachatus); Snake bite; Snouted cobra (Naja annulifera annulifera; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PENICILLIN G; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SNAKE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DOG DISEASE; INCIDENCE; SEASON; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BITIS ARIETANS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ELAPIDAE; NAJA; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; SERPENTES;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; COBRA; COBRA VENOMS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 18744374143     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v75i4.477     Document Type: Review

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