Rate of decline of the oriental white-backed vulture population in India estimated from a survey of diclofenac residues in carcasses of ungulates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Green, Rhys E ^a,b   Taggart, Mark A ^c,d   Senacha, Kalu Ram ^e   Raghavan, Bindu ^e   Pain, Deborah J ^b   Jhala, Yadvendradev ^f   Cuthbert, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^e BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^f WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARCASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEEDING; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; UNGULATE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CADAVER; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DICLOFENAC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESIDUES; FALCONIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; LIVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

GYPS AFRICANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 40149084983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000686     Document Type: Article

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