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Australia's dangerous snakes : identification, biology and envenoming /
Examines the role played by Australia's venomous snakes, the threats they face, their ecology and the latest in bite management.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Clayton, Vic. :
CSIRO Publishing,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The relative danger of snakes
- Snakebite and envenoming: a global perspective
- Snakebite envenoming morbidity and mortality: public health problems of poverty and economic disadvantage
- Risks from snakes: some further considerations
- Venom lethal potency and risk: incorrect perceptions and valid concerns
- 3 Morphology and general features of snakes
- Basic properties and features of snakes
- Front-fanged snakes, non-front-fanged ('rear-fanged') snakes
- 4 Identification of dangerous snakesMistaken identity 1
- Mistaken identity 2 (or not?)
- Snake scalation
- Key to identification of medically important elapid snakes in Australia
- Key for terrestrial elapids identification
- Key for sea snake identification
- Key to Australian species of Aipysurus
- Key to Australian species of Hydrophis
- Key to Australian species of Laticauda
- 5 The dangerous snakes described
- Terrestrial snakes
- Sea snakes and sea kraits
- 6 Conservation of Australia's dangerous snakes
- Conservation terms
- The threats on venomous snakes including medically important speciesThe road to recovery: solutions, viability and pragmatism
- Biological control revisited: a delicate balance
- Raising funds for habitat restoration and conservation
- Laws and limits: statutory regulations and the purported 'toll' of collecting
- Native animals as pets
- 7 Production, actions and uses of venoms
- The adaptive significance of snake venoms
- Venom functions: an evolved armamentarium in the pursuit of prey
- Venom production
- Venom components
- Procurement of snakes for venom collectionEffective venom production and captive husbandry
- Venom extraction and safety
- Antivenom
- Snake venom for research: venom fractionation and characterisation
- Some representative uses for venoms: from antivenoms to potential pharmacotherapeutics
- Snake venom research: realities and the future
- 8 Snakebite and envenoming: risks, realities and clinical management
- Snakebite envenoming in Australia
- Snakebite prevention
- First-aid and first-response actions for snakebite envenoming
- Management of envenoming in the hospitalMedico-legal issues/pitfalls
- Discharge and follow-up
- Long-term considerations/prognosis
- Australia's venomous snakes and their medical importance
- Other medically important or potentially medically important species less frequently involved in human envenoming
- Snakes of lesser medical importance
- The future of snakebite management: possibilities and probabilities
- 9 Snakes and people
- Risks
- Do we need to remove snakes?
- Evaluation and impacts of relocation
- How to avoid snakebites