Antivenom is still produced by much the same method that was developed in the 1890s to produce antitoxins for diphtheria and tetanus. An animal, such as a horse or goat, is injected with a small ...

Only 1 out of 10 get antivenom, the others don't need it.” He previously explained that researchers hyperimmunised horses with snake venom to manufacture antivenom. “The hyperimmunisation ...