01574nam a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024501330008126000420021430000090025650000170026552010320028265000120131465300110132665300130133765300170135065300130136710557982010-08-25       1977    bl uuuu  m   00u1 u    #d1 aPICCININI, R. S.  aThe use of diphenadione (2-diphenylacetyl-1,3 indandione) for vampire bat control in endemic rabies areasd, northeastern Brazil.  aDavis: University of Californiac1977  a63p.  aM.Sc.Thesis.  aVampire bat control using diphenadione (2-diphenylacetyl-1,3 indandione, an anticoagulant) was applied in endemic rabies areas ) Pernambuco and Alagoas States) in northeastern Brazil. Analyses using the field collected data were carried out showing that the estimated number of vampire bats living in the was reduced by 99,4% two years after the control had been applied. The best single method was the systemic treatment of cattle, but its combination with topical treatment of vampire bats wasd better than the first alone. A statistically significant decrease in the number of rabies cases in livestock was observed in thre two years following control. Also an optional methode of treating with the paste fresh bites on suckling calves and cows in their late gestational period was used with good results. Recommendations are made to establish a Federal Pest Control Research Center in Brazil to study and solve economic problems in the agrivculture and animal sectors such as vanpire bat predation and disease transmission.  aMorcego  aBrasil  aControle  aDiphenadione  aNordeste