biostudies-literatureAvila-Vargas LNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesInstitute for Critical Technologies and Applied Science, Virginia TechNIAID NIH HHSNational Science Foundation awards Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program101-116https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11772909biostudies-literatureUnknown72(2)<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Materials & methods</h4>Scientific literature on the use of anticoZoonoses and public healthAnticoagulants for the Control of the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus).PMC11772909K01AI168452K01 AI16845221167482235295Soler-Tovar DEscobar LEDong QAvila-Vargas LfalseAnticoagulants for the Control of the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus).<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Materials & methods</h4>Scientific literature on the use of antico2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Mar2025-04-03T23:26:40.855Z2025-04-03T23:26:40.855ZS-EPMC117729093971082710.1111/zph.13196