Exotic Antivenom Holdings: Manufacturers

Table of the contact details for the key antivenom manufacturers and relevant antivenoms held in Australia. Also listed are the holding locations, those species the antivenom is apparently effective against, and the relevant species kept in Australian collections (listed as a group for all institutions stocking this antivenom). Different antivenoms may be held for use against the same species by different institutions. Current as of 10/11/06.

Bioclon Institute
Calzada de Tlalpan no. 4687, Col. Toriello Guerra. C.P. 14050, Mexico D.F.
Tel: +52 5 5665 4111
Email: [email protected] Or [email protected]
AntivenomLocationEffective AgainstRelevant Species Held in Australia
AntivipmynAdelaide ZooAgkistrodon spp.Agkistrodon bilineatus
AVRUBothrops spp.Crotalus adamanteus
Royal Melbourne Hospital Crotalus spp.C. atrox
Taronga ZooSistrurus spp.C. durissus vegrandis
Venom Supplies C. lepidus
Australian Reptile Park C. unicolour aruba
Sistrurus catenatus
CoralmynAVRUMicrurus spp.None
Butantan Institute
Av. Vital Brasil, 1500 - Butantãn - 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Tel.: +55 11 3726 7222
E-mail: [email protected]
AntivenomLocationEffective AgainstRelevant Species Held in Australia
Soro Anti-crotálicoBallarat HospitalCrotalus spp.C. adamanteus
Venom Supplies C. atrox
C. durissus vegrandis
C. lepidus
C. unicolour aruba
Soro Anti-bothrópicoBallarat HospitalBothrops jararacaNone
Venom SuppliesB. jararacusu
B. cotiara
B. moojeni
B. alternatus
Clodomiro Picado Institute
Faculdad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel: +506 299 0344, Fax: +506 292 0485
Web: http://www.icp.ucr.ac.cr/index.shtml
AntivenomLocationEffective AgainstRelevant Species Held in Australia
PolivalenteVenom SuppliesBothrops asperCrotalus durissus vegrandis
Crotalus durissus
Lachesis muta
Institute of Immunology in Zagreb
Rockefellerova 2, P.O.Box 266, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: +385 1 468 4500, Fax: +385 1 468 4303
AntivenomLocationEffective AgainstRelevant Species Held in Australia
European ViperVenom SuppliesVipera ammodytesNone
V. aspis
V. berus
V. lebetina
V. ursinii
V. xanthina
South African Vaccine Producers
SAVP Orders Department PO Box 28999 Sandringham 2131, Republic of South Africa
Tel: +27 11 386-6063 Fax: +27 11 386-6063
Email: [email protected] Or [email protected]
Web:
http://www.savp.co.za
AntivenomLocationEffective AgainstRelevant Species Held in Australia
SAIMR BoomslangAVRUDispholidus typusNone
SAIMR EchisAVRUEchis carinatusNone
E. coloratus
Cerastes cerastes
C. gasperetti
C. vipera
SAIMR PolyvalentAdelaide ZooBitis spp.Bitis arietans
Australian Reptile Park Dendroaspis spp.B. gabonica
AVRUHemachatus spp.B. nasicornis
Ballarat HospitalAfrican Naja spp.N. haje
Royal Melbourne Hospital N. melanoleuca
Taronga Zoo N. mossambica
Thai Red Cross
Rama VI Road 1871, Pathumwan, 10330 Bangkok, Thailand
Tel:+66 2 252 0161, Fax:+66 2 254 0212
AntivenomLocationEffective AgainstRelevant Species Held in Australia
Banded KraitAVRUBungarus candidusNone
Bungarus fasciatus
Asian CobraAustralian Reptile Park Naja najaN. naja
AVRUN. kaouthiaN. kaouthia
Ballarat HospitalN. sputatrix
Venom Supplies
Green Pit ViperAVRUCryptelytrops purpreomaculatusNone
C. macrops
C. albolabris
King CobraAustralian Reptile Park Ophiophagus hannahOphiophagus hannah
AVRU None
Malayan Pit ViperAVRUCalloselasma rhodostomaNone
Russell's ViperAVRUDaboia russeliiNone