HEMORRHAGIC AND MOJAVE TOXINS IN THE VENOMS OF THE OFFSPRING OF 2 MOJAVE RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS-SCUTULATUS-SCUTULATUS)

Authors
RAEL ED LIEB CS MADDUX N VARELARAMIREZ A PEREZ J
Citation
Ed. Rael et al., HEMORRHAGIC AND MOJAVE TOXINS IN THE VENOMS OF THE OFFSPRING OF 2 MOJAVE RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS-SCUTULATUS-SCUTULATUS), Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry, 106(3), 1993, pp. 595-600
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03050491
Volume
106
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
595 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-0491(1993)106:3<595:HAMTIT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
1. The venoms of two Mojave rattlesnakes and those of their offsprings were analyzed for Mojave toxin and hemorrhagic toxin. 2. The venom of one female, collected in Pima County, Arizona, and the venoms of her six offspring contained hemorrhagic toxin but not Mojave toxin (venom B). 3. The venom of the second female, captured in El Paso County, Tex as, contained both toxins (A + B venom). Of her 10 offspring, five con tained venom with both toxins, two had hemorrhagic toxin only, and thr ee contained neither toxin. 4. Venoms that caused hemorrhage also inac tivated complement. A pool of the venoms of the venom B offspring was less toxic than adult pooled venom A.