New study on vulture-killing drug raises serious concerns

dc.contributor.authorVan Blerk, Chris
dc.contributor.editorMeyer, Martha
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-29T09:45:04Z
dc.date.available2016-04-29T09:45:04Z
dc.date.created2016-03-15
dc.date.issued2016
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.abstractFor over a decade it has been known that some drugs are toxic to vultures and that they are exposed to these drugs by consuming contaminated carcasses. Yet no safety-testing measures are mandated for such drugs before they can be approved, nor is there a clear legislative mechanism to ban drugs that are found to be toxic. This is true for South Asian nations as well as the European Union (EU). The biggest concern is that nowhere in the world are pharmaceutical drugs tested for safety also in the wildlife that will be exposed to them. This is true of drugs intended for both human and animal use. In 2006 Prof Vinny Naidoo – now Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) – and his team, started research on protecting vultures from the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac in cattle, which was responsible for high mortality rates in vulture populations.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianab2016en_ZA
dc.format.extent2 pages : color photoen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDF fileen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/52218
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
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dc.rights©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.subjectDrugsen_ZA
dc.subjectDiclofenacen_ZA
dc.subjectGyps vulturesen_ZA
dc.subjectNon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugen_ZA
dc.subjectSavings Asia’s Vultures from Extinctionen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- Press coverageen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africaen
dc.subject.otherVeterinary science activities SDG-15en_ZA
dc.titleNew study on vulture-killing drug raises serious concernsen_ZA
dc.typeTexten_ZA

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