Production and assessment of ovine antisera for the manufacture of a veterinary adder antivenom

Veterinary Record

Volumn 174, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 406-

  Bolton, F M S ^a   Casewell, N R ^b,c   Al Abdulla, I ^b   Landon, J ^b  

^a BVMandS MRCVS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Newcastle Emlyn   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; IMMUNOLOGY; INTOXICATION; MATERIALS; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; SNAKEBITE; TOXICOLOGY; VIPERIDAE;

DOGS; IMMUNOLOGY; POISONING; SEROLOGY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; IMMUNE SERA; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; SHEEP; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84898989153     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.102286     Document Type: Article

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