Hans E. Müller, Moshe Pinus, Uwe Schmidt,
Zusammenfassung Vampirfledermäuse (Desmodus rotundus) haben sich auf Blut als einzige Nahrungsquelle spezialisiert. In ihrer Darmflora fanden wir regelmäßig Aeromonas hydrophila. Dieser Keim ... ethologische Studien zeigten, daß sich die Jungtiere von Desmodus rotundus erst relativ spät und nach einer offensichtlich obligaten ... a normal intestinal bacterium of the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is specialized in feeding exclusively on blood of ... germe intestinal normal chez la chauve-souris vampire (Desmodus rotundus) Les chauve-souris vampires (Desmodus rotundus) se sont ...
Tópico(s): Rabies epidemiology and control
2010 - Wiley | Zentralblatt für Veterinärmedizin Reihe B
E.O. Almeida, Élvio Carlos Moreira, L.A.B. Naveda, Geder Paulo Herrmann,
... a eficácia da warfarina aplicada no dorso do Desmodus rotundus rotundus foi realizada uma pesquisa de maio de ... artificiais, localizados em 14 propriedades, encontrou-se o Desmodus rotundus rotundus em 18 abrigos naturais. Destes, 17 eram ... espécies, sendo 640 Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766), 566 Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy, 1810), 73 Anoura geoffroyi (Gray 1838), ... 1842) que são suscetíveis à raiva. Em 546 Desmodus rotundus rotundus foi aplicada na região interescapular, aproximadamente um ... eqüídeos e na presença ou vestígios recentes de Desmodus rotundus rotundus em quatro abrigos dos 18 que estavam ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
2002 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
Martin Gohlke, Günther Baude, Rolf Nuck, Detlef Grunow, Christoph Kannicht, Peter Bringmann, Peter Donner, Werner Reutter,
DSPAα1 (Desmodus rotundus salivary plasminogen activator), a plasminogen activator from the saliva of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus, is an effective thrombolytic agent. An unusual type ... fucosylated and structurally related tissue plasminogen activator. DSPAα1 (Desmodus rotundus salivary plasminogen activator), a plasminogen activator from the saliva of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus, is an effective thrombolytic agent. An unusual type ...
Tópico(s): S100 Proteins and Annexins
1996 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Biological Chemistry

Ariana Pignaton Gnocchi, Ana Carolina Srbek‐Araujo,
... studies on the diet of Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), despite its wide geographic distribution. The species is ... here reported represents the first documented attack of Desmodus rotundus on Tapirus terrestris in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest ... The feeding on wild and domestic prey by Desmodus rotundus in the same locality may favor the transmission ...
Tópico(s): Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
2017 - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de SP | Biota Neopropica/Biota Neotropica
Alessandro Catenazzi, MA Donnelly,
... flavescens as host of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus Alessandro Catenazzi1,2,*, Maureen A. Donnelly1 1Department of ... ABSTRACT: We explored how the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus is able to survive on hyper-arid rocky ... flavescens as host of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 360:285-289. https:// ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
2008 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
Heliot Zarza, Enrique Martínez‐Meyer, Gerardo Suzán, Gerardo Ceballos,
... E, Suzán G, Ceballos G. Geographic distribution of Desmodus rotundus in Mexico under current and future climate change ... rabies in tropical countries, is the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). In Mexico, the cattle industry loses more than $ ... Figure 4. Modelled suitability for future distribution of Desmodus rotundus according to Global Climate Model GFDL-CM3 for ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2017 - | Veterinaria México OA
Sarah Martin-Solano, Theofilos Toulkeridis, Aaron Addison, Wilmer E. Pozo-Rivera,
... of predation of an Epicrates cenchria on a Desmodus rotundus, in a cave in Tena, Ecuador. Records of Desmodus rotundus are known from caves just as Epicrates cenchria. ... than other studies, due to the size of Desmodus rotundus. The terrestrial locomotion behavior of D. rotundus, makes ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2016 - Pensoft Publishers | Subterranean Biology

K. C. Scheffer, Rodrigo Fernandes de Barros, Keila Iamamoto, Ênio Mori, Karen Miyuki Asano, Samira Maria Achkar, Andrea Isabel Estévez Garcia, Jonas Yoshitaka de Oliveira Lima, Willian de Oliveira Fahl,
... permiten hacer la diferenciación de estas especies con Desmodus rotundus. Es notable la falta de información sobre las ... direccionamiento más específico para controlar las poblaciones de Desmodus rotundus.ABSTRACT. This review presents some aspects about the ... training in order to identify them properly from Desmodus rotundus. We analyze the main anatomical features that allow ... will result in a more specific control of Desmodus rotundus populations.
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
2015 - | ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S )
Mauricio Canals, Bruno Grossi, José Iriarte-Díaz, Claudio Veloso,
... estimated for the molossid Mormopterus kalinowskii, the phyllostomidae Desmodus rotundus and the vespertilionids Histiotus montanus, Histiotus macrotus, Lasiurus ... ratios, that of D. rotundus was only moderate.Desmodus rotundus showed the lowest wing span (relative to the ... functional groups, one per quadrant, were described: (1) Desmodus rotundus, with high wing loading but low corrected wing ... more wooded areas with maneuverable and slow flight.Desmodus rotundus clearly constitute a single group that may be ...
Tópico(s): Avian ecology and behavior
2005 - BioMed Central | Revista chilena de historia natural

Felipe M. Martins, Albert David Ditchfield, Diogo Meyer, João Stenghel Morgante,
Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae; Desmodontinae) is the most common vampire bat and has a broad distribution, ranging from ... and between the Atlantic Forest and the Amazon. Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae; Desmodontinae) es el murciélago vampiro más ...
Tópico(s): Rabies epidemiology and control
2007 - Wiley | Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research
The vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, is exceptionally agile and stealthy in nature. Feeding at night on cattle blood, it is a known scourge carrying ... atlas of the brain of the common vampire, Desmodus rotundus murinus, in the frontal plane, serially between the ...
Tópico(s): Neurological diseases and metabolism
2008 - Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (Brazil) | Brazilian Journal of Biology
Arthur M. Greenhall, Uwe Schmidt, William López-Forment,
The mode of attack by vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire), on cattle in Mexico, under field conditions, was observed by means of night vision viewing 'scopes. The behavior reported ... feeding. The foraging behavior of the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, under natural conditions in Mexico has been previously ...
Tópico(s): Poxvirus research and outbreaks
1971 - Wiley | Biotropica
... extinct bats, and a post-Columbian record of Desmodus rotundus. Remains were excavated from a superficial, mound-like ... the most abundant and included the extinct taxa Desmodus rotundus and Artibeus anthonyi, the rare Lasiurus insularis,and the endangered Natalus primus. The mixed assemblage originated from accumulated owl pellets and carcasses of roosting bats. Three Artibeus jamaicensis scapulae from the same level and bone coloration as the Desmodus material yielded a modern radiocarbon content indicative of ...
Tópico(s): Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
2010 - University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez | Caribbean Journal of Science
Cláudia Ferraz, Samira Maria Achkar, Ivanete Kotait,
... record the first case of a hematophagous bat (Desmodus rotundus) infected with rabies virus in an urban area ... Institute laboratory, where it was identified as a Desmodus rotundus specimen. Standard tests for rabies diagnosis were carried ...
Tópico(s): Poxvirus research and outbreaks
2007 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
... visual acuity of three (1 ♀, 2 ♂ ♂) vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) has been investigated in a two-choice training ... Simultandressur auf Gleichraster wurde mit drei adulten Vampirfledermäusen, Desmodus rotundus, deren optisches Minimum separabile bestimmt. Bei einer Beleuchtungsstärke ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2010 - Wiley | Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie
Amy K. Wray, Kevin J. Olival, David Morán, María Reneé López, Danilo Álvarez, Isamara Navarrete-Macias, Eliza Liang, Nancy B. Simmons, W. Ian Lipkin, Peter Daszak, Simon J. Anthony,
... threats to human health. The Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), due to its abundance, sanguivorous feeding habit involving ... suggest that the risk of pathogen spillover from Desmodus rotundus, including between domestic animal species, is possible and ...
Tópico(s): Bartonella species infections research
2016 - Springer Science+Business Media | EcoHealth
... degree of roost fidelity for the commonest species: Desmodus rotundus, Carollia perspicillata, Anoura caudifer, Artibeus fimbriatus. Phyllostomines (Trachops ... abrigo, ao menos nas esp&cies mais comuns: Desmodus rotundus, Carollia perspicillata, Anoura caudifer, Artibeusfimbriatus. Taxas superiores de ...
Tópico(s): Rabies epidemiology and control
1996 - Wiley | Biotropica

Marlon Zortéa, Diego Afonso Silva, Analice Maria Calaça,
ABSTRACT Desmodus rotundus (É. Geoffroy, 1810) feeds preferably on mammal blood, including livestock animals, such as bovine cattle. In spite ... in the study area, four had interactions with Desmodus rotundus (Priodontes maximus, Tapirus terrestris, Mazama americana and Pecari ...
Tópico(s): Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
2018 - Fundación Zoobotánica de Rio Grande do Sul | Iheringia Série Zoologia
James M. Brennan, Herbert C. Dalmat,
... cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus chiapensis; Euschöngastiadesmodus off vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus; Euschöngastialibertatis off wood rat (no further identification); Euschöngastiaprecaria off vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus. A key is provided to the species listed. ...
Tópico(s): Rabies epidemiology and control
1960 - Oxford University Press | Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Dietrich C. Gulba, Michael Praus, W. Witt,
The saliva of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus contains a family of potent plasminogen activators, which were named DSPAs after their original source (Desmodus salivary plasminogen activators). The DSPAs share a high structural homology with t-PA. Four different variants of DSPA have been discovered, called DSPA ...
Tópico(s): Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
1995 - Churchill Livingstone | Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis

Karine Bott Mantovan, Benedito Donizete Menozzi, Laís Moraes Paiz, Anaiá da Paixão Sevá, Paulo Eduardo Brandão, Hélio Langoni,
Desmodus rotundus bats show a complex social structure and developed adaptive characteristics, considered key features of a pathogen ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Pathogens
... livestock suffer repeated bites from common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus). We hypothesized that repeated exposure to the anticoagulants in the bats' saliva generated an immune response. We compared clotting time of blood mixed with Desmodus saliva between individuals of several species of livestock ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2009 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Mammalogy

Leonilda Correia dos Santos, Odilon Vidotto, Nelson Jessé Rodrigues dos Santos, Juliano Ribeiro, Maysa Pellizzaro, Andrea Pires dos Santos, Amanda Haisi, Thállitha Samih Wischral Jayme Vieira, Ivan Roque de Barros Filho, Michelle P. Cubilla, João Pessoa Araújo Júnior, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Leila Sabrina Ullmann, Alexander Welker Biondo,
... were collected from six male common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus), two male hairy-legged vampire bats (Diphylla ecaudata), ... samples were positive byconventional PCR; five (5/6) Desmodus rotundus, two (2/2) Diphylla ecaudata, and one (1/ ... rDNA gene suggest that the hemoplasma detected in Desmodus rotundus in South Brazil has a high identity compared ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2020 - Elsevier BV | Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Marina Escalera‐Zamudio, Marie Lisandra Zepeda Mendoza, Felix Heeger, Elizabeth Loza‐Rubio, Edith Rojas‐Anaya, Maria L. Méndez‐Ojeda, Blanca Taboada, Camila J. Mazzoni, Carlos F. Arias, Alex D. Greenwood,
ABSTRACT The Desmodus rotundus endogenous betaretrovirus (DrERV) is fixed in the vampire bat D. rotundus population and in other phyllostomid bats but ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2015 - American Society for Microbiology | Journal of Virology
Peter Bringmann, Daniel D. Gruber, Alexandra Liese, Luisella Toschi, Jörn Krätzschmar, Wolf‐Dieter Schleuning, Peter Donner,
The distinguishing characteristic of vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) salivary plasminogen activators (DSPAs) is their strict requirement for fibrin as a cofactor. DSPAs consist of structural modules known from urokinase (u- ... active conformation. The distinguishing characteristic of vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) salivary plasminogen activators (DSPAs) is their strict requirement ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
1995 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Biological Chemistry
During 5 netting nights, 99 vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) (37 males, 57 females, five sex unrecorded) were taken in a mist net stretched before the entrance of a permanent cave roost in ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
1969 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Mammalogy
... a primary food source for the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). The bats then fed on secondary food sources, including humans. In 1 village, 22% of the families interviewed were exposed to attacks: 17 children and 2 adults were bit. Human depredation was not continuous as Desmodus located other hosts.
Tópico(s): Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
1989 - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Joseph W. Bahlman, Douglas Kelt,
ABSTRACT The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus , feeds on mammalian blood and is a major agricultural pest in Latin America. One way to prevent bats from biting livestock ...
Tópico(s): Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
2006 - Wiley | Biotropica
Abstract Background The common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus is one of three bat species that feed exclusively on the blood of mammals often more than 1000 times its size. Vampire ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2006 - BioMed Central | BMC Biology
Rexford D. Lord, Farouk Muradali, Lazismino Lázaro,
Journal Article Age Composition of Vampire Bats (Desmodus rotundus) in Northern Argentina and Southern Brazil Get access Rexford D. Lord, Rexford D. Lord Pan American Zoonoses Center, Casilla 23, Ramos Mejía, ArgentinaMinistry ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
1976 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Mammalogy