Diclofenac is toxic to the Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis: Widening the diversity of raptors threatened by NSAID misuse in South Asia

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 282-286

  Sharma, Anil K ^a   Saini, Mohini ^a   Singh, Shambhu D ^a   Prakash, Vibhu ^b   Das, Asit ^a   Bharathi Dasan, R ^a   Pandey, Shailey ^a   Bohara, Daulal ^b   Galligan, Toby H ^c   Green, Rhys E ^c,d   Knopp, Dietmar ^e   Cuthbert, Richard J ^c  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DRUG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

AQUILA NIPALENSIS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84911454922     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270913000609     Document Type: Review

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