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

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Van Blerk, Chris
Savings Asia’s Vultures from Extinction

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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.

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Originally published as HTML file, converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Version 9.0.0.
Short news snippets with colour photos about what's happening at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.

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Faculty of Veterinary Science, News media coverage of, Vultures, Diclofenac, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Gyps vultures, Savings Asia’s Vultures from Extinction, Drugs

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