Vampire bat control by systemic treatment of livestock with an anticoagulant.
The blood of beef cattle given single doses (1 milligram per kilogram of body weight) of diphenadione (2-diphenylacetyl-1,3-indandione) became toxic to vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) and remained toxic for 3 days without harming the cattle. Cattle at three ranches in Mexico treated with single intraruminal injections of diphenadione experienced a reduction in vampire bat bites of 93 percent. Bioassays of milk and liver from cattle treated orally with diphenadione in the laboratory indicated that there were no residue problems.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002685:Chiroptera; D004199:Disease Vectors; D010575:Pesticides / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D010630:Phenindione / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051381:Rats
D010575:Pesticides; D010630:Phenindione