Cory Woliver, DVM

04/10/2025

04/09/2025

Warmer weather means more active wildlife! As temperatures rise, you may be more likely to find animals crossing the roads. Roads are one of the greatest sources of mortality for snakes, and dead snakes on the road can attract other wildlife species like small mammals, hawks, vultures, and eagles who feed on the carcasses and become at risk themselves of getting killed in a vehicle collision.

You can save our native wildlife species by staying alert and driving carefully this season! Watch for snakes and other animals on the roads and give them a brake! 🐍🦅🦝🐸🐢

03/30/2025

Mark your calendars for the Denver Venom Conference on September 26th. This year, we will host it at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature, followed by an exclusive evening at the Denver Zoo's Tropical Discovery Exhibit. Human and veterinarian CE will be available. The speaker list (so far) is listed below.

Tickets will be on sale now!
https://shorturl.at/MQZS6

Speakers:
Emily Taylor, PhD
Cara Smith, PhD
Stephen Mackessy, PhD
Scott Weinstein, MD PhD
Matt Lewin, MD PhD
Rick Dart, MD PhD
Spencer Greene, MD
Nicklaus Brandehoff, MD
Ravikar Ralph, MD
Cory Woliver, DVM

03/29/2025

Reposting this as we are coming back into coral snake season.

I am super excited to announce this as it’s been a long road to get this put together, but we are starting an investigator led study at the University of Florida for dogs that have been envenomated by Eastern Coral Snakes (Micrurus fulvius). We will be using the drug varespladib to treat them for these bites. Varespladib is a phospholipase A2 inhibitor. PLA2 is the main component of coral snake venom. Varespladib has been used in many different studies to treat coral snake and other snake bite envenomations. As part of meeting standard of care, a vial of coral snake antivenom must be given to the patients enrolled.

We need to enroll ten dogs into our study that have moderate to severe clinical signs related to coral snake envenomation.
If your pet is bitten by a coral snake. Please bring them to, or contact the University of Florida to have your pet evaluated to see if they meet enrollment criteria.

Patients who meet enrollment criteria will receive varespladib, one round of baseline labwork (CBC, Chemistry, urinalysis, venous blood gas), an IV Catheter, some hospitalization, and a vial of coral snake antivenom at no cost. The owner is responsible for all other costs.

We will leave this post open for any questions. Please only comment if you have a question about the study.

Aberrant eastern coral snake for attention

03/11/2025

If you’ve already signed up for Coffee & Crotalids, you should have received an email with a link to the Google form to pre-submit your questions for our snakebite experts!

This is an awesome opportunity to learn about snakebites and ask those burning questions, so don’t miss out!

Not signed up yet? There’s still time! Email:
[email protected] to register for this FREE event.

Donations to Asclepius Snakebite Foundation encouraged but not required to attend!

03/02/2025

Pretty much all of the babies in the collection plus some new additions.

02/28/2025

Mark your calendars! Our next venomous course with The Rattlesnake Conservancy will be happening this summer. For those who did our previous class, we’re hoping to have a level 2 soon as well so keep an eye out!

02/25/2025

COFFEE & CROTALIDS IS BACK!!

Save the date for another awesome round of Coffee & Crotalids!

This event features toxicologists, veterinarians, and zoo professionals answering your burning questions about snakes and snakebites in a relaxed conversational setting. So grab a coffee (and hopefully not a crotalid) and join us for the next event!

Stay tuned for our speaker lineup, along with details on how to register for the Zoom and pre-submit your questions!

Lastly, while not required to attend, please consider donating to the Asclepius Snakebite Foundation at www.snakebitefoundation.org to show your support for events such as C&C.

More info coming soon!