Abstract:Scorpionism is a common problem that occurs in tropical and subtropical countries and assumes great medical-sanitary importance due to its fatality on those more sensible individuals, being able to drive children and aged people to death. The lethal potential of the poisoning is responsible for serious cardiopulmonary alterations that the scorpionic toxin produces in its victims. The present research evaluated the effects of the Tityus serrulatus scorpion poison in dogs, using two distinct doses: one that simu… Show more
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