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US 11,446,367 B2Granted
Immunization with polyvalent venom vaccines
AssigneeZootoxins, LLC
InventorsJames G. McCabe, James Brockett, Thomas M. McCabe
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to materials and methods useful for vaccinating mammals against the effects of envenomation by venomous organisms (including the Western Rattlesnake) by making use of venom from multiple distinct populations, subspecies or species of the organism, to make a vaccine more broadly protective against other populations, subspecies or species.
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A method of immunizing a mammal against envenomation by several species of rattlesnake comprising:
- administering an effective amount of a polyvalent toxoid vaccine to the mammal, wherein the polyvalent toxoid vaccine comprises a combination of denatured venoms from populations of Western Rattlesnakes selected from the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Calif.;
- the Transverse Mountains, Calif.;
- and, the San Jacinto Mountains, Calif.;
- whereby, the mammal is protected against envenomation from Western rattlesnakes including the Southern Pacific, Mojave, Speckled, Western Diamondback, and Red Diamondback rattlesnakes.
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