ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Ashgan M. Hessain1 , Abdullah A. Al-Arfaj2, Mohamed I. Al-Hazmi3, Hemeg A. Hassan4 and Moussa I. Mohamed2
1Department of Health Science, College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, P. O. Box 22459 Riyadh – 11495, Saudi Arabia.
2Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
3Department of Food and Nutrition Sciences, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
4Department of Medical Technology/Microbiology, College of Applied Sciences, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(Spl. Edn.: November):325-331
© The Author(s). 2013
Received: 11/09/2013 | Accepted: 27/10/2013 | Published: 30/11/2013
Abstract

Saudi Echis carinatus bite is one of the leading causes of snake-bite mortality in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The traditional anti- Echis carinatus venom serum therapy prepared from mammales was found to be expensive and with high frequency of side effects. Therefore current study was aimed to generate a high titer immunoglobulin from egg yolk (IgY) of crude Echis carinatus venom immunized Leghorn hens, and to standardize an effective method for producing avian antivenom in relatively pure form. The IgY was isolated first by water dilution method to remove the lipid, then extracted by ammonium sulphate-caprylic acid method. The different purities of IgY from different isolating stages were submitted to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and SDS-PAGE. The LD50 of the Echis carinatus venom was 0.92 mg/kg body weight in mice. Twenty times the LD50 dose of venom was selected as challenge dose, and the ED50 of IgY was 15 mg IECF/mg venom. The results indicate that Laying hens could be used as an alternative source of polyclonal antibodies against Echis carinatus snake venoms due to several advantages as compared with mammals traditionally used for such purpose, thus possessing therapeutic significance for snakebite envenomation.

Keywords

Snake venom, Echis carinatus, Immunoglobulins Y, Lethal dose 50, Caprylic acid

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