Removing the Threat of Diclofenac to Critically Endangered Asian Vultures

Swan, Gerry; Naidoo, Vinasan; Cuthbert, Richard; E. Green, Rhys; J. Pain, Deborah; Swarup, D.; Prakash, Vibhu; A. Taggart, Mark; C. Bekker, L.; Das, Devojit; Diekmann, Jörg; Diekmann, Maria; Killian, Elmarié; Meharg, Andy; Chandra Patra, Ramesh; Saini, Mohini; Wolter, Kerri

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040066

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Removing the Threat of Diclofenac to Critically Endangered Asian Vultures

Published in PLoS Biology • Jan 26, 2006

Authors:

Gerry Swan

Vinasan Naidoo

Richard Cuthbert

Abstract

Veterinary use of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drug diclofenac in South Asia has resulted in the collapse of populations of three vulture species of the genus Gyps to the most severe category of global extinction risk. Vultures are exposed to diclofenac when scavenging on livestock tre...

Subject

Vulture

Meloxicam

Diclofenac

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