Table 1. Venom yielded per snake [mean volume (mL) ± standard variation], according to the management and year of maintenance.
Period | Crotalus durissus | Bothrops jararaca | |
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Venom yielded/snake in the outdoor serpentarium | 1908-1962 | 0.18 mL* | 0.10 mL* |
Venom yielded/snake in the indoor serpentarium | 1963-1968 | 0.26 mL* | 0.20 mL* |
2000-2004 | 0.30 mL* | 0.27 mL* | |
2005-2019 | 0.45 ± 0.11mL | 0.46 ± 0.18 mL | |
Venom yielded/recently wild-caught snake in the screening room | 2005-2019 | 0.19 ± 0.07 mL | 0.20 ± 0.09 mL |
* In these periods, our database has only the mean value of venom extracted/animal.