Venom yields from Australian and some other species of snakes

@article{Mirtschin2006VenomYF,
  title={Venom yields from Australian and some other species of snakes},
  author={Peter J. Mirtschin and Nathan Dunstan and Ben Hough and Ewan J. M. Hamilton and Sharna Klein and Jonathan Lucas and David Millar and Frank Madaras and Timothy Nias},
  journal={Ecotoxicology},
  year={2006},
  volume={15},
  pages={531-538}
}
The wet and dry venom yields for most Australian native dangerous snakes and a number of non-Australian species are presented. Snakes from the Pseudonaja genus yielded higher than previously published amounts and suggest reconsideration be given to increasing the volume of antivenom in each vial. Higher percentage solids were obtained from venoms from the 4 cobra species (Naja) and Pseudechis genus included in this series. 
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