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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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"" |
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""4 Identification of dangerous snakes""""Mistaken 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 species""""The 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 collection""""Effective 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 hospital""""Medico-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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Poisonous snakes -- Australia -- Identification.
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Poisonous snakes. |
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Australia. |
| Genre/Form |
Field guides.
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| Subject |
Poisonous snakes -- Venom -- Australia.
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Poisonous snakes -- Venom. |
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Poisonous snakes -- Ecology -- Australia.
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Ecology. |
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Australian |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rasmussen, Arne R., author.
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Weinstein, Scott A., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mirtschin, Peter. Australia's dangerous snakes : identification, biology and envenoming. Clayton, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, ©2017 viii, 424 pages 9780643106734 |
| ISBN |
9780643106741 (electronic book) |
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064310674X (electronic book) |
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9780643106758 |
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0643106758 |
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9780643106734 |
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0643106731 |
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