Viral communities among sympatric vampire bats and cattle
, 2018 Vampire bats are the only mammals known to feed exclusively on blood from other animals, often from domestic cattle. We tested the hypothesis that the adaptation of vampire bats to hematophagy would have resulted in shared viral communities among vampire
Rojas-Anaya, E. +6 more
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Does Mouth-Licking In Vampire Bats Serve Other Functions Besides Food Sharing? [PDF]
Animal Behavior and CognitionRegurgitated food sharing in vampire bats is a cooperative behavior that has garnered scientific interest as an example of reciprocal helping among kin and non-kin. The amount of food given is estimated via the duration of mouth-licking.
Tatyana Sopka +2 more
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Retention and losses of ultraviolet-sensitive visual pigments in bats
Scientific Reports, 2018 Ultraviolet (UV)-sensitive visual pigment and its corresponding ability for UV vision was retained in early mammals from their common ancestry with sauropsids.
Longfei Li +6 more
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Plasminogen Activator in Saliva of the Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus
, 1966 IT was generally accepted that vampire bats were bloodsucking animals until 1932 when Dunn1 observed that these animals use their tongues to lap blood from freely bleeding wounds inflicted by means of razor-sharp superior incisors.
Hawkey, Christine
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Revealing the complexity of vampire bat rabies "spillover transmission". [PDF]
Infect Dis Poverty, 2023 Escobar LE +4 more
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Bartonella spp. in Bats, Guatemala
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 To better understand the role of bats as reservoirs of Bartonella spp., we estimated Bartonella spp. prevalence and genetic diversity in bats in Guatemala during 2009.
Ying Bai +10 more
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Economic Evaluation of Vampire Bat (\u3ci\u3eDesmodus rotundus\u3c/i\u3e) Rabies Prevention in Mexico [PDF]
, 2012 Vampire bat rabies causes significant impacts within its endemic range in Mexico. These impacts include livestock mortality, animal testing costs, post-exposure prophylaxis costs, and human mortality risk.
Gebhardt, Karen +6 more
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Footage of regurgitated food sharing among adult common vampire bats
, 2016 Footage of regurgitated food sharing among captive common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) housed at the Organization for Bat Conservation, Bloomfield Hills ...
Gerald Carter (731475)
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A review of the diet of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in the context of anthropogenic change. [PDF]
Mamm Biol, 2023 Brown N, Escobar LE.
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Seasonal variation and food deprivation in common vampire bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
Brazilian Journal of BiologyThe aim of this study was to investigate the effects of seasonal variation and fasting on fat reserves of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus. Plasma free fatty acids (FFA), along with lipid content of the liver and muscles, and fatty acids from the
M. B. Freitas +2 more
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