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Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers

reptile family - a family of reptiles

Ophidia, Serpentes, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes - snakes

pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head

Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon - copperheads

rattler, rattlesnake - pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

Crotalus, genus Crotalus - large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey

genus Sistrurus, Sistrurus - pygmy rattlesnakes

Bothrops, genus Bothrops - fer-de-lance

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Healthcare company BTG plc (LSE:BTG ) disclosed on Thursday the receipt of approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the updated 60 months shelf life of CroFab Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) as well as the removal of mercury from the Ovine manufacturing process.

BTG plc wins US FDA's approval for the launch of the updated antivenom, CroFab

Venomous snakes belong to five main families: Hydrophiinae, Elapidae, Viperidae, Crotalidae, and Colubridae [8, 9].

Quantitative Characterization of the Hemorrhagic, Necrotic, Coagulation-Altering Properties and Edema-Forming Effects of Zebra Snake (Naja nigricincta nigricincta) Venom

Ninety-nine percent of the snakes that bite them are pit vipers, whose Crotalidae family includes Copperheads, Cottonmouths (Water Moccasins), and more than a dozen species of rattlesnake.

Don't get rattled: how to prevent (or, failing that, how to treat) bites from poisonous snakes, including rattlers

Four antivenins are commercially available for acute envenomation: black widow spider antivenin, Centruroides (scorpion) immune [F(ab').sub.2] (equine), crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab (ovine) (North American rattlesnake), and North American coral snake antivenin (equine).

Drugs, pregnancy, and lactation: antidotes, detoxification agents

Long term sperm storage in the female neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus (Viperidae: Crotalidae), The Herpetological Society of Japan.

Reproduction of Bothrops spp. (serpentes, viperidae) in conservation breeder/Reproducao de Bothrops spp. (serpentes, viperidae) em criadouro conservacionista/Reproduccion de bothrops spp. (serpentes, viperidae) en criadero de conservacion

After Dingo M063 was reassessed, one vial of intravenous Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (CroFab) was administered.

Pit viper envenomation in a military working dog

On the genera Bothriechis, Bothriopsis, Bothrops and Porthidium (Serpentes: Crotalidae) in Venezuela.

First report of human envenomation by Porthidium lansbergii hutmanni (Serpentes, Viperidae) in Isla de Coche, northeast of Venezuela/ Primer reporte de envenenamiento humano causado por Porthidium lansbergii hutmanni (Serpentes, Viperidae) en la Isla de Coche, Estado Nueva Esparta, Noreste de Venezuela