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1 online resource |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
Examines the role played by Australia's venomous snakes, the threats they face, their ecology and the latest in bite management |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Poisonous snakes -- Australia -- Identification
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Poisonous snakes -- Venom -- Australia
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Poisonous snakes -- Ecology -- Australia
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NATURE -- Animals -- Fish.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology.
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Poisonous snakes -- Identification
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Poisonous snakes -- Venom
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rasmussen, Arne R., author
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Weinstein, Scott A., author
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| ISBN |
9780643106741 |
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064310674X |
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