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Fatality of a white lip tree viper
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by BREEZER on April 25, 2002
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Thank you to every one who helped me on my previous topic. I come from south africa, and anti-venom isnt easy to find here for exotic species. So if i was to be bitten by a white lip,Would it be a serious bite??????
Cheers
Quintin
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by Charper on April 26, 2002
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Swelling, pain and local tissue damage primarily. Some problems with a decrease in platelets. The Handbook of Clinical Toxicology of Animal Venoms and Poison says that deaths to adults are rare. Supportive care in a hospital environment would most likely keep you alive, but local tissue damage would probably be more severe. Trimeresurus albolabris antivenom is available from:
Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute
1871 Rama IV Road
Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330
Thailand
Phone: 66-2-2520161-4
Price per 10ml vial is $40 US. Ask for "Green Pitviper Antivenom". Also works for T.macrops and T.purpreomaculatus.
CH
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by TAIPAN78 on April 26, 2002
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Hey Chris,
Im curious, does the Handbook say T.purp is covered by the same AV? If I recall, the book said there was nothing produced which covered Mangrove pitviper envenomations, includeing the green tree pitviper av.
I have been without my book for some 6 months now however so I may be mixing things up.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Later bud,
Jeremy
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by cottonmouth on April 26, 2002
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Hey Breezer,If you don't mind post your E-mail somewhere , because there are alot of questions about Africa and their snakes that I would love to ask you. Jeff Quarles
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by Charper on April 26, 2002
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The Antivenom Index published by the AZA says that Green Pitviper Antivenom covers T.albo, T.macrops, and T.purp.
CH
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