Veterinary diclofenac threatens Africa's endangered vulture species

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-208

  Naidoo, V ^a   Wolter, K ^b   Cuthbert, R ^c   Duncan, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Vulture Programme of the Rhino and Lion Non profit Organisation   (South Africa)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian vulture crisis; Cape Griffon Vulture; Diclofenac; Gout; Gyps coprotheres; Gyps vultures; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; URIC ACID;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; FALCONIFORMES; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; VETERINARY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIRD DISEASES; DICLOFENAC; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FALCONIFORMES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URIC ACID; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AVES; GYPS; GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS COPROTHERES;

EID: 62749159922     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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