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Vultures unintentionally ingested diclofenac when scavenging livestock treated shortly before death.

Toxicity of the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Diclofenac

One of the hallmarks of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) is the difficulty in predicting potentially toxic effects.Diclofenac is one such NSAID that devastated Asian vulture populations when they fed upon carcasses of livestock treated with the NSAID diclofenac.Because these drugs are widely used, we studied the potential hazard of diclofenac in New World vultures.
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Contaminant Biology, Eastern Ecological Science Center
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Toxicity of the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Diclofenac

One of the hallmarks of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) is the difficulty in predicting potentially toxic effects.Diclofenac is one such NSAID that devastated Asian vulture populations when they fed upon carcasses of livestock treated with the NSAID diclofenac.Because these drugs are widely used, we studied the potential hazard of diclofenac in New World vultures.
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