Another veterinary painkiller found to be toxic to vultures

dc.contributor.editorMeyer, Martha
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-21T10:10:00Z
dc.date.available2018-06-21T10:10:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-11
dc.descriptionOriginally published as HTML file, converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Version 9.0.0.en_ZA
dc.descriptionShort news snippets with colour photos about what's happening at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe drug known as carprofen, which was found to be toxic to vultures, belongs to the same family of drugs as diclofenac and meloxicam. In South Asia, the frequent and widespread use of diclofenac to treat cattle and buffalo has led to a catastrophic decline in the populations of vultures that consume livestock carcasses. Currently five South Asian vulture species are either endangered, or critically endangered. Clinical trials showed that another drug, meloxicam, is harmless to vultures, even at the maximum level of exposure in carcasses. However, tens of drugs belong to this family, known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs, and the levels of toxicity of most remain unknown.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianab2018en_ZA
dc.format.extent3 pages : colour photosen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDF fileen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/65200
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries2017 Veterinary newsen_ZA
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dc.rights©2017 University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science. Provided for educational and preservation purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.en_ZA
dc.subjectFaculty of Veterinary Science, News media coverage ofen_ZA
dc.subjectVulturesen_ZA
dc.subjectPainkillersen_ZA
dc.subjectVeterinary toxicologyen_ZA
dc.subjectCarprofenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- Press coverageen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africaen
dc.titleAnother veterinary painkiller found to be toxic to vulturesen_ZA
dc.typeTexten_ZA

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