Diclofenac poisoning is widespread in declining vulture populations across the Indian subcontinent

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2004, Pages

  Shultz, Susanne ^a,b   Baral, Hem Sagar ^c   Charman, Sheonaidh ^d   Cunningham, Andrew A ^b   Das, Devojit ^e   Ghalsasi, G R ^f   Goudar, Mallikarjun S ^f   Green, Rhys E ^a,g   Jones, Ainsley ^d   Nighot, Prashant ^f   Pain, Deborah J ^a   Prakash, Vibhu ^e  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Bird Conservation Nepal   (Nepal)

^d CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^f India Poultry Diagn and Res Centre   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory veterinary drug; Diclofenac; Gyps; Vulture decline

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

POISONING; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CADAVER; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOUT; INDIA; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

GYPS BENGALENSIS; GYPS INDICUS;

EID: 20144387376     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0223     Document Type: Article

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