Snake-bite vet talks of dogs in the ER

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)
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…