Table 3.
LD50a |
Serum 201 [anti-A. c. contortrix] |
Serum 202 [anti-A. piscivorus] |
Serum 203 [anti-A. bilineatus] |
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Titer | ED50b |
Titer | ED50b |
Titer |
ED50b |
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μg/g | mgV/mLSc | LD50/mLSd | mgV/mLSc | LD50/mLSd | mgV/mLSc | LD50/mLSd | ||||
A. bilineatus | 1.9 | 18,467 | 0.5 (0.5–0.6) | 15.8 | 15,821 | 0.5 (0.4–0.6) | 14.2 | 37,003 | 2.0 (1.6–2.4) | 54.4 |
A. taylori | 1.4 | 41,131 | 0.9 (0.9–0.9) | 33.5 | 44,780 | 0.3 (0.3–0.4) | 12.6 | 122,525 | 0.2 (0.2–0.3) | 9.4 |
A. russeolus | 1.2 | 34,457 | 1.5 (1.4–1.5) | 65.1 | 49,880 | 2.0 (1.6–2.4) | 89.1 | 121,043 | 5.1 (4.9–5.4) | 229.5 |
A. c. contortrix | 11.3 | 29,829 | 2.2 (2–2.3) | 10.2 | 30,528 | 2.5 (2.1–3.0) | 11.8 | 33,522 | 2.0 (1.7–2.4) | 9.4 |
A. p. piscivorus | 5.1 | 23,278 | 1.1 (1.0–1.3) | 11.8 | 110,262 | 2.6 (2.4–2.9) | 27.3 | 43,676 | 0.9 (0.9–1.0) | 9.7 |
A. p. leucostoma | 6.1 | 20,755 | 1.4 (1.3–1.5) | 11.8 | 83,123 | 5.7 (4.6–7.0) | 48.6 | 61,035 | 2.1 (1.6–2.8) | 17.7 |
A. p. conanti | 6.3 | 29,829 | 1.1 (1.0–1.1) | 9.0 | 108,032 | 2.9 (2.8–3.1) | 24.5 | 67,872 | 2.2 (2.0–2.4) | 18.5 |
Numbers in parenthesis represent 95% confidence intervals. Values in bold represent responses to the homologous venom. |
Median lethal dose.
Neutralization median effective dose, using 3LD50s of venom.
Milligrams of venom neutralized per milliliter of serum.
Median lethal doses of venom neutralized per milliliter of serum.