If you are bitten by a highly venomous snake, you would need to be given antivenom right away. Antivenom is made from injecting horses with small-to-larger dosages of snake venom, and then harvesting the antibodies from the horse plasma. Antivenom is an example of
A) passive immunity.
B) active immunity.
C) developing an inflammatory response to increase the IgG production.
D) high levels of complement.
E) high levels of interferon.

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Antivenom is an example of passive immunity because it involves the direct transfer of pre-formed antibodies from another organism (horse) rather than stimulating the recipient's immune system to produce their own antibodies (active immunity).

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