Some of the physiological characteristics of horses have been used to transfer these animals to humans. It allows the production of antidotes. This process, which involves horses and snakes and consists of many stages, is actually quite dangerous.

Well, take a horse Ability to produce antivenom for snake bites in humans How exactly does it happen?

The first step in this process begins with removing the venom from the snakes.

The snake dealer carefully removes the snake from its enclosure and presses the animal’s head down with a disc to minimize the chance of a bite.

The disc with which the head is pressed is transparent, so that the trainer can see exactly where the snake’s head is. Once the animal’s head is secured in some way, The snake’s mouth is placed in a small empty glass. and thus he is enabled to release the poison in this glass.

The snake that releases the venom does so because it thinks it has bitten the trainer.

The amount of poison released is enough to kill about 50 people. The venom of some snake species is more dangerous and More than 100 people were killed can cause.

Again, this venom can take on different colors specific to each snake. For example, the venom of the Taipan snake is pink, that of King Brown is dark yellow Tiger snake venom is light yellow.

The poison trapped in the glass is then removed so that the liquid can be drawn out and stored for longer. Freeze dried at -56 degrees.

Horses come into play after this point.

Horses have been crucial to the production of antidotes since the 19th century. Because their bodies have biological similarities to humans develops natural antibodies to fight the snake’s venom. The healthier the horse, the more antidote it can produce.

These animals have enough blood to produce large amounts of antibodies as an antidote and can quickly fill a blood bag. In this process Horses are injected with a small amount of poison and blood is taken every two weeks.

Then the plasma is separated from this blood, the antibodies are removed from the plasma and finally The antivenom is now ready to be given to people who have suffered from snakebites.

However, developing this antidote is very expensive and since this process, which starts with snakes, is quite dangerous, scientists say To reduce these costs and prevent poisoning from possible snakebites, continues to search for ways to develop an antidote without horses.

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