Comparison of venom from wild and long-term captive and the neutralization capacity of antivenom produced in rabbits immunized with captive venom.

(NIKOLSKY, 1916) is a member of the Viperidae family in Iran. Comprehensive understanding of the toxigenic characteristics of snake venom is important for clinical monitoring of snakebite patients and effective therapy. We compared the toxic activities of venoms and the neutralization capacity of antivenoms produced with venoms from wild adult (WA) with long-term captive adult (LCA) of in order to obtain more effective antivenom from LCA in therapy, and subsequently protect from overharvesting for its venom, which poses a real threat of extinction for the species.