Landscape risk factors for attacks of vampire bats on cattle in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Landscape risk factors for attacks of vampire bats on cattle in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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DOI：
10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.10.006
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
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2.6
通讯作者：
Nogueira Filho, Vladimir de Souza
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作者：
Gomes, Murilo Novaes;Vieira Monteiro, Antonio Miguel;Nogueira Filho, Vladimir de Souza
吸血蝙蝠对牛的攻击是养牛地区的一个主要问题。蝙蝠咬伤导致的失血和麻痹性狂犬病会给牲畜造成严重损失。我们以Sao Joao da Boa Vista兽医区（巴西圣保罗）内的四个城市为研究区域，并测试了一组景观特征与吸血蝙蝠袭击牛的区域距离的空间相关性。研究使用了圣保罗州狂犬病控制计划的蝙蝠和牛相关数据。景观数据（一级河流及其支流、主要道路、铁路和城市地区）来自官方制图机构；森林、甘蔗和牧场数据是通过遥感制图获得的。研究区域被划分为178个单元格。每个4公里× 4公里的单元都填充了蝙蝠、牛和景观数据。我们的分析发现，靠近蝙蝠袭击牛的区域的网格细胞有更高的牛密度和更大的用于甘蔗种植的土地百分比，并且靠近森林碎片。这些结果说明需要重新考虑狂犬病控制规划战略，以确定巴西圣保罗州吸血蝙蝠种群的监测和狂犬病控制。(C) 2009 Elsevier B.V.版权所有
Vampire-bat (Desmodus rotundus) attacks on cattle are a major concern for cattle-raising area. Blood loss and paralytic rabies due to bat bites can impose severe losses on the livestock. We took four municipalities inside the Sao Joao da Boa Vista veterinary district (Sao Paulo, Brazil) as a study area and tested a set of landscape features for spatial correlation with distance to areas in which vampire-bat attacks on cattle were documented. Bat- and cattle-related data from the Sao Paulo State Rabies Control Program were used. Landscape data (first-order rivers and their tributaries, main roads, railways and urban areas) were obtained from official cartographic agencies; forest, sugarcane and pasture data were acquired from remote-sensing mappings. The study area was taken as a grid split into 178 cells. Each 4 km x 4 km cell was filled with bat, cattle and landscape data. Our analysis detected that grid cells that were closer to areas of bat attacks on cattle had higher cattle density and a greater percentage of the land committed to sugarcane cropping, and were close to forest fragments. These results shed light on the need for rethink the Rabies Control Program strategies for defining the surveillance of vampire-bat populations and rabies control in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.