Effectiveness of Action in India to Reduce Exposure of Gyps Vultures to the Toxic Veterinary Drug Diclofenac

Richard Cuthbert; Mark A. Taggart; Vibhu Prakash; Mohini Saini; Devendra Swarup; Suchitra Upreti; Rafael Mateo; Soumya Sunder Chakraborty; Parag Deori; Rhys E. Green

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019069

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Effectiveness of Action in India to Reduce Exposure of Gyps Vultures to the Toxic Veterinary Drug Diclofenac

Richard Cuthbert,

Affiliation Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom
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Mark A. Taggart,

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain, Department of Plant and Soil Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Vibhu Prakash,

Affiliation Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
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Mohini Saini,

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Conservation, Management and Disease Surveillance, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Devendra Swarup,

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Conservation, Management and Disease Surveillance, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Suchitra Upreti,

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Conservation, Management and Disease Surveillance, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Rafael Mateo,

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain
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Soumya Sunder Chakraborty,

Affiliation Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
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Parag Deori,

Affiliation Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
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Rhys E. Green

* E-mail: reg29@cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Effectiveness of Action in India to Reduce Exposure of Gyps Vultures to the Toxic Veterinary Drug Diclofenac

Richard Cuthbert,
Mark A. Taggart,
Vibhu Prakash,
Mohini Saini,
Devendra Swarup,
Suchitra Upreti,
Rafael Mateo,
Soumya Sunder Chakraborty,
Parag Deori,
Rhys E. Green

Published: May 11, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019069

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