Antibody Levels in Dogs Injected with Mamushi (Agkistrodon halys blomhoffii) Venom Toxoid

Abstract

Dogs were immunized with mamushi venom toxoid which had been inactivated with hydrochloric acid and formalin. In them the dose of the toxoid and antihemorrhagic antibody levels were investigated. As a result, it was revealed that the antibody was maintained for 6 months by injections with 2mg of the toxoid at the beginning, 0.5mg in the third week, and 1mg in the third month.