Erratum to "Diclofenac disposition in Indian cow and goat with reference to Gyps vulture population declines" [Environmental Pollution 147 (2007) 60-65] (DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2006.08.017);Diclofenac disposition in Indian cow and goat with reference to Gyps vulture population declines

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Taggart, M A ^a,b   Cuthbert, R ^a   Das, D ^c   Sashikumar, C ^c   Pain, D J ^a   Green, R E ^a,d   Feltrer, Y ^e   Shultz, S ^a,e   Cunningham, A A ^e   Meharg, A A ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diclofenac; Gyps; Indian cow; NSAID; Vulture

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DICLOFENAC DISPOSITION; GYPS; INDIAN COWS; NSAID; VULTURE;

BIODIVERSITY;

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BIRD; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; GOAT; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION DECLINE; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOAT; GYPS; INDIA; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEROPREVALENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; GYPS;

EID: 33847351754     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.032     Document Type: Erratum

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