Maintenance of red-tail coral snake (Micrurus mipartitus) in captivity and evaluation of individual venom variability

ABSTRACT: Red-tail coral snake (Micrurus mipartitus) is a long and thin bicolor coral snake widely distributed in Colombia and is the coral that causes the majority of accidents in the Andean region, so it is important to keep this species in captivity for anti-venom production and research. However...

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Autores:

Henao Duque, Ana María
Núñez Rangel, Vitelbina

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2016

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/20258

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/10495/20258

Palabra clave:

Serpientes
Serpentes
Víbora
Vipers
Alimentación forzada
Forced feeding
Mortalidad
Mortality
Antivenom
Coral rabo de ají : Micrurus mipartitus
Antiveneno
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_14209
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15208
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3038
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4945

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openAccess

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/