Anticoagulants for the Control of the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Latin America, there is a high incidence of vampire bat-transmitted rabies in cattle causing increased mortality of livestock, which heavily impacts the agricultural sector. Anticoagulants-based control methods for the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) have been employed continuously since the 1970s with various methods of application, presentations, doses and active ingredients. Studies from half a century ago still serve as a reference for the current use of anticoagulants for bat-borne rabies control in Latin America. The objective of this study was to structurally and bibliometrically review literature on the use of anticoagulants for the control of D. rotundus as a means of rabies control.

Materials & methods

Scientific literature on the use of antico

SUBMITTER: Avila-Vargas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11772909 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature