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What is an antivenin?

What is an antivenin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An antitoxin for treating bites from venomous animals as such as snakes and spiders.
  2. A serum containing antivenins.
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Equine-derived antivenin to snake venom has been the mainstay of hospital treatment for venomous snakebite for 35 years.
Unlike antivenin produced in horses or sheep, antitoxin produced in poultry does not involve as much discomfort for the animals.
Their venom is fundamentally similar and therefore antivenin can be applied across the board.
But after treatment with antivenin and a short stay in the hospital, Ryan recovered with no ill effects.
But there is an effective antivenin available for the treatment of this scorpion's stings, and there hasn't been a fatality in Arizona in over 40 years.
If the toxin is a venom, the antitoxin formed, or the antiserum containing it, is called an antivenin.

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