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

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

Contamination of their carrion food supply with the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac has caused rapid population declines across the Indian subcontinent of three species of Gyps vultures endemic to South Asia. The governments of India, Pakistan and Nepal took action in 2006 to prevent...

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Main Authors: Richard Cuthbert, Mark A Taggart, Vibhu Prakash, Mohini Saini, Devendra Swarup, Suchitra Upreti, Rafael Mateo, Soumya Sunder Chakraborty, Parag Deori, Rhys E Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3092754?pdf=render

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