A study of bacterial contamination of rattlesnake venom

The authors studied the bacterial contamination of rattlesnake venom isolated from snakes in captivity and wild snakes caught recently. The captive snakes showed a relatively high incidence of bacterial contamination of their venom.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: E. Garcia-Lima, C.J. Laure
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1987-03-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821987000100004&lng=en&tlng=en