"And this is consistent with clinical records showing more rapid onset of symptoms and lethal effects in dogs than cats." Several behavioural differences between cats and dogs are also highly likely to increase the chances of dogs dying from venomous snake bite. "Dogs typically investigate with th...
In fact, venom effects initiate immediately after the snakebite and are subsequently intensified by the body’s inflammatory response, resulting in significant symptoms within a few hours and potentially leading to fatality. On the other hand, the entire duration, from the snakebite incident to the ...
This means that the clinician may have problems in deciding on which antivenom to administer; if he or she cannot decide, then a polyspecific antivenom will be given which is produced by hyperimmunising animals (usually horses but sheep, goats, and even dogs and rabbits have also been used)...