Are they both produced through livestock antibody harvesting or is there some other subtle difference?
2007-04-18 18:35:29 · 7 answers · asked by Yahoo! Avatar 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Antivenin is the proper term for animal derived serums which are more like vaccines than traditional chemically manufactured medicines.
Antivenom is the general term for anything else derived through non-biological substances.
Antivenin "can" be refered to as "antivenom" technically, but it is used mostly by the general public who don't know the proper term.
ANTIVENIN is the proper term used by all those who know what they are talking about. This includes antivenins commonly used in the US for snakebite such as Crofab and ACP.
Venom is also medically distinguished from "poison". Venom is specifically that which is injected from bite or sting.
2007-04-18 19:35:58 · answer #1 · answered by Fireside3/Phrynosoma-Texas 4 · 15⤊ 0⤋
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What's the difference between antivenom and antivenin?
Are they both produced through livestock antibody harvesting or is there some other subtle difference?
2015-08-18 10:28:20 · answer #2 · answered by Alyse 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Antivenin (or antivenom, or antivenene) is a biological product used in the treatment of venomous bites or stings. It is created by injecting a small amount of the targeted venom into an animal such as a horse, sheep, goat, or rabbit; the subject animal will suffer an immune response to the venom, producing antibodies against the venom's active molecule which can then be harvested from the animal's blood and used to treat envenomation in others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivenom
2007-04-18 18:39:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Anti Venom Vs Venom
2016-12-14 12:13:25 · answer #4 · answered by strate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-25 17:35:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply, antivenom is not a word and does not appear in the dictionary.
2015-04-07 05:15:34 · answer #6 · answered by Beth 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Antivenin
2016-09-28 22:01:02 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing.
antivenin is the medical term.... antivenom is the layman term
if youre really picky - antivenin is the product produced thru livestock that we inject to counteract venom.
Antivenom is the name given to anything that might one might try to use to counteract venom. like "antipoison".
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2007-04-18 18:42:58 · answer #8 · answered by raspberryswirrrl 6 · 5⤊ 5⤋
they are just the same
2007-04-18 18:45:11 · answer #9 · answered by botching_aphio 3 · 2⤊ 8⤋