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  • Case Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,065 Views
8 Pages

Neurotoxicity and Other Clinical Manifestations of a Common European Adder (Vipera berus) Bite in Romania

  • Gabriela Viorela Nițescu,
  • Coriolan Emil Ulmeanu,
  • Maria-Dorina Crăciun,
  • Alina Maria Ciucă,
  • Alexandru Ulici,
  • Ioan Ghira and
  • Davide Lonati

18 July 2022

Most cases of envenomation by common European vipers (Vipera berus) have not been reported to have neurotoxic manifestations. However, these manifestations have been demonstrated in some cases of envenomation by subspecies of V. berus, found in the C...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
9,706 Views
14 Pages

Vipera berus berus Venom from Russia: Venomics, Bioactivities and Preclinical Assessment of Microgen Antivenom

  • Ruslan I. Al-Shekhadat,
  • Ksenia S. Lopushanskaya,
  • Álvaro Segura,
  • José María Gutiérrez,
  • Juan J. Calvete and
  • Davinia Pla

1 February 2019

The common European adder, Vipera berus berus, is a medically relevant species, which is widely distributed in Russia and thus, is responsible for most snakebite accidents in Russia. We have investigated the toxic and enzymatic activities and have de...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,380 Views
7 Pages

Snakebites in Domestic Animals

  • Andreia Garcês,
  • Catarina Pereira,
  • Maria Inês Santiago,
  • Justina Prada,
  • Filipe Silva and
  • Isabel Pires

In Portugal, there are four venomous species, the horned viper (Vipera latastei), seoane (Vipera seoanei), rat snake (Malpolon monspessulanus), and the hooded snake (Macroprotodon brevis ibericus), and in the UK, there is one: the common European add...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,372 Views
20 Pages

Zootoxins and Domestic Animals: A European View

  • Andras-Laszlo Nagy,
  • Sabrina Ardelean,
  • Ronan J. J. Chapuis,
  • Juliette Bouillon,
  • Dalma Pivariu,
  • Beatrice De Felice,
  • Mirko Bertazzo,
  • Paola Fossati,
  • Leon J. Spicer and
  • Alexandra Iulia Dreanca
  • + 1 author

16 January 2024

Zootoxins are produced by venomous and poisonous species and are an important cause of poisoning in companion animals and livestock in Europe. Little information about the incidence of zootoxin poisoning is available in Europe, with only a few case r...