Abstract
Ultrasound Images Associated with Snakebites in a Japanese Black Calf
Highlights
Hundreds of thousands of people are envenomed and tens of thousands are killed or injured by snakes throughout the world every year [1]
The situation provided the tentative diagnosis as the venomous snakebites case on day 1, antivenoms and a tetanus toxoid vaccine were avoided due to potential complications, including fatal anaphylactic shock [22,23]
Though we speculated the cause of death to be dyspnea secondary to aspiration, the necropsy revealed that necrosis of the pharynx filled with hemorrhagic, purulent exudate led to the death of the calf
Summary
Hundreds of thousands of people are envenomed and tens of thousands are killed or injured by snakes throughout the world every year [1]. Snakebite injuries can be diagnosed by their appearance in small animals such as dogs and cats because of the two distinct scars caused by the fangs. These wounds are rarely found in cattle due to their thick skin, hair coats, and quantity of subcutaneous fat [13]. The Japanese pit viper (Mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffii) is one of the most common venomous snakes in Japan [14], belonging to the family Viperidae and sub-family Crotalinae (pit vipers). A habitat of Japanese pit viper is in areas between 30°N and 46°N and the another common one (Habu, Yellow-spotted pit viper, Protobothrops flavoviridis) is on only Okinawa
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