by Mario Schweiger » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:16 am
I have scanned now the first one: PDF No. 2306 in literature database.
Vest, D.K. (1981): DARWIN K. VEST. The toxic Duvernoy's secretion of the wandering garter snake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans). Toxicon 19, 831-839, 1981.—The Duvernoy's secretion of the wandering garter snake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans) is highly toxic to mice, causing marked hemorrhaging in the lungs, diaphragm, mesentery and stomach lining, as well as mild local hemorrhaging. Systemic hemorrhaging was most pronounced in mice receiving doses approximating the p. LD50, while doses two times the LD50 or greater produced massive hermorrhaging in the lungs and diaphragm only. Local extravasations were directly proportional to dose. Oral secretions other than Duvernoy's secretion failed to produce lethal effects in mice challenged with doses up to 7 times the LD50 of Duvernoy's secretion. A micro-aspiration techniques for the collection of Duvernoy's secretion from colubrid snakes is described, and liquid as well as dried secretion yields for Thamnophis elegans vagrans are presented.
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Mario