Australia's dangerous snakes : identification, biology and envenoming /

Australia's dangerous snakes : identification, biology and envenoming /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Mirtschin, Peter, 1947- author.
Imprint:Clayton, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2017.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Poisonous snakes -- Australia -- Identification.
Poisonous snakes -- Venom -- Australia.
Poisonous snakes -- Ecology -- Australia.
Poisonous snakes.
Poisonous snakes -- Venom.
Australia.
Field guides.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11758453
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Other authors / contributors:Rasmussen, Arne R., author.
Weinstein, Scott A., author.
ISBN:9780643106741
064310674X
9780643106758
0643106758
9780643106734
0643106731
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Examines the role played by Australia's venomous snakes, the threats they face, their ecology and the latest in bite management.
Other form:Print version: Mirtschin, Peter. Australia's dangerous snakes : identification, biology and envenoming. Clayton, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, ©2017 viii, 424 pages 9780643106734
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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