As the spring turns to summer, owners and their pets will spend even more time out of doors. Some venomous animals are more active in the warmer months and there is risk of adder bites or stings from bees, wasps and hornets. Adder bites can result in significant morbidity but low mortality. Insect...

SnakeMap is a national cloud-based, veterinary snakebite registry. It was designed to prospectively collect data of the clinical circumstances and temporospatial information on cases of snake envenomation in dogs and cats. We herein introduce the project and summarise the data from the first 4...

An envenomation by the European adder (Vipera berus) causes intoxication both in humans and in animals. In the Czech Republic there is no register of animals bitten by the European adder. The State Veterinary Administration has no responsibility to record cases of animal poisoning, except of cases...

Snakebite is a common occurrence for pet cats and dogs worldwide and can be fatal. In Australia the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) is responsible for an estimated 76% of reported snakebite cases to domestic pets nationally each year, with the primary pathology being venom-induced...

Laser photobiomodulation of snake bite wounds in dogs and cats has proven to be highly beneficial in lessening tissue necrosis, resolving tissue edema, improving vascular and lymphatic flow, and preventing severe complications that can lead to further morbidity and the need for future surgical...

The physiopathology, clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of snake bite envenomations in domestic animals in France are discussed.

The physiopathology, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of rattlesnake bites in pets and a case report of such a bite in a dog in the USA are described.

Snake bites in felines are extremely rare. The venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus has neurotoxic, myotoxic and coagulant actions that cause illness, flaccid paralysis, mydriasis, myalgia, respiratory failure, emesis, diarrhoea and acute renal failure. The most frequent laboratory findings...

This article aims to identify conflicts among Moxotó breeders and natural predators of their animals, in the municipality of Ibimirim, Pernambuco, as well as describe the local means for preventing attacks and their implications for Moxotó breed conservation and wild species. The information was...

Annually, around 5,400,000 snakebites occur worldwide, 50% of which produce poisoning, and 2.5% of which result in death. In Latin America, 150,000 snakebites and 5,000 deaths are estimated for this cause. In Colombia, according to the National System for Public Health Surveillance (SIVIGILA, for...