Dr. Travis Lanaux, DVM, emergency director of the University of Florida’s small animal hospital, talks about the treatment of snake bites in dogs during a presentation to the Rotary Club of Lake City Thursday. Lanaux talked about coral snake bites and strikes from pit vipers, including rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and copperheads. (TODD WILSON/Lake City Reporter)
The adverse effect of a snake bite in some dogs may not show itself for up to 36 hours after the strike, according to a University of Florida veterinary expert who told Rotarians Thursday a variety of…
