Polyvalent anti-scorpion venom serum is prepared from the purified plasma of healthy horses, which have been hyperimmunized against venom of the most dangerous scorpions mentioned below. The antivenin is purified by pepsin degestion, controlled heating and precipitation by caprylic acid followed by sterilization
Composition:
Each 1 ml serum contains antibodies that neutralize the following venoms :
- Leiurus quinquestraitus 50LD50
- Androctonus ameoreuxi 35LD50
Paraspecificity:
- Androctonus crassicauda
- Androctonus aeneas
- Androctonus australis
- Scorpiomarus palmatus
- Bathus occitanus
