New study by South Africa's Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Science and SAVE on vulture-killing drug, published in Conservation Biology raises serious concerns

Abstract

Already in 2006 Prof Vinny Naidoo, now the Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and his team,started research on protecting vultures from the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac in cattle that was responsible for major mortalities in vulture populations.