Effectiveness of action in India to reduce exposure of gyps vultures to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Cuthbert, Richard ^a   Taggart, Mark A ^b,c   Prakash, Vibhu ^d   Saini, Mohini ^e   Swarup, Devendra ^e   Upreti, Suchitra ^e   Mateo, Rafael ^b   Chakraborty, Soumya Sunder ^d   Deori, Parag ^d   Green, Rhys E ^a,f  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^e INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARCASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; GYPS BENGALENSIS; INDIA; LIVER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; UNGULATE; VULTURE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALCONIFORMES; POLLUTANT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

GYPS; GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS BENGALENSIS; UNGULATA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FALCONIFORMES; LIVER; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 79955883495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019069     Document Type: Article

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