Snakebite Envenoming in Avian Species: A Systematic Scoping Review and Practitioner Experience Survey.

ABSTRACT: Snakebite envenoming in avian species is infrequently reported in the veterinary literature, although perhaps not as rarely as recent publications suggest. A systematic scoping review was performed on the topic using PubMed and Google Scholar, 21 veterinary textbooks, and 139 conference proceedings. A practitioner experience survey was also performed, with recruitment from Facebook groups for exotic animal practitioners and professional organization email listservs. Only 31 texts met our inclusion/exclusion criteria, which meant they described clinicopathologic signs of snakebite envenomation in avian species, the treatment of snakebite envenomation in avian species, or expanded the geographic range or the number of captive avian and snake species involved. Reports included approximately 1

SUBMITTER: Cummings CO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787666 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature