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|a Australia's dangerous snakes :
|b identification, biology and envenoming /
|c Peter Mirtschin, Arne Rasmussen and Scott A Weinstein.
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|a Clayton, Vic. :
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|a 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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|a 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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|a 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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|a 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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|a 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
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|a Mirtschin, Peter.
|t Australia's dangerous snakes : identification, biology and envenoming.
|d Clayton, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, ©2017
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