Quadros clínico-patológicos do envenenamento ofídico por Crotalus durissus terrificus e Bothrops spp. em animais de produção [PDF]
Foi realizada uma revisão dos quadros clínico-patológicos causados pelos venenos de Crotalus durissus terrificus e Bothrops spp. em bovinos, búfalos, ovinos equinos e suínos.
Carlos Hubinger Tokarnia +3 more
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Thirty-two patients bitten by venomous snakes sixteen by Bothrops spp. and sixteen by Crotalus durissus terrificus were studied. The group comprised thirty males and two females, aged eight to sixty-three years (mean 33±15).
Benedito Barra Viera +3 more
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Actions of Crotalus durissus terrificus venom and crotoxin on the isolated rat kidney
Many studies have reported the occurrence of lethal acute renal failure after snakebites. The aim of the present investigation was to determine alterations in renal function produced by Crotalus durissus terrificus venom and crotoxin as well as the ...
H.S.A. Monteiro +3 more
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State of the Art in the Studies on Crotamine, a Cell Penetrating Peptide from South American Rattlesnake [PDF]
Animal venoms comprise a naturally selected cocktail of bioactive peptides/proteins and other molecules, each of which playing a defined role thanks to the highly specific interactions with diverse molecular targets found in the prey. Research focused on
De Sa Junior, Paulo Luiz +8 more
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Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report
Snake bite envenoming is a disease with potential serious neurological complications. We report a case of an adolescent who was bitten by a rattlesnake and developed bilateral posterior circulation stroke.
Thiago Cardoso Vale +5 more
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Os autores obtiveram a transferência do Hepatozoon tupinambis (Laveran e Salibeni, 1909) parasita do lagarto Teiidae, Tupinambis teguixin, L., para a serpente cascavel, Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laur.), alimentando-a com mosquitos experimentalmente ...
Samuel B. Pessôa +2 more
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A comparative study was performed with the venoms of newborn Crotalus durissus durissus, adult Crotalus durissus terrificus and adult Crotalus durissus durissus snakes. Venom of newborn specimens of C.d. durissus is very similar to that of adult specimens of C.d.
Gutiérrez, José María +3 more
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Structure of the polypeptide crotamine from the Brazilian rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus. [PDF]
The crystal structure of the myotoxic, cell-penetrating, basic polypeptide crotamine isolated from the venom ofCrotalus durissus terrificushas been determined by single-wavelength anomalous dispersion techniques and refined at 1.7 Å resolution. The structure reveals distinct cationic and hydrophobic surface regions that are located on opposite sides of
Coronado MA +6 more
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Behavioral and electroencephalographic analysis of seizures induced by intrahippocampal injection of granulitoxin, a neurotoxic peptide from the sea anemone Bunodosoma granulifera [PDF]
In this study, the behavioral and electroencephalographic (EEG) analysis of seizures induced by the intrahippocampal injection in rats of granulitoxin, a neurotoxic peptide from the sea anemone Bunodosoma granulifera, was determined.
Carvalho, K.m. +5 more
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Prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) among recently captured Brazilian snakes
The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. infection in recently captured snakes from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil. Blood was collected from all snakes by ventral tail venipuncture.
L.H. O'Dwyer +4 more
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