The veterinary use of diclofenac and vulture conservation in Spain: Updated evidence and socio-ecological implications

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 796; p. 148851
• Main Authors: Moreno-Opo, Rubén, Carapeto, Ricardo, Casimiro, Ramiro, Rubio, Consuelo, Muñoz, Beatriz, Moreno, Inés, Aymerich, Miguel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 20.11.2021
• Subjects: Cinereous vulture; Eurasian griffon vulture; Flunixin; NSAIDs; Risk assessment; Veterinary drugs; Vultures; Vultures; Cinereous vulture; Eurasian griffon vulture; Veterinary drugs; NSAIDs; Risk assessment; Flunixin

Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used in livestock farming, with lethal effects on vultures when reaching high concentrations in the carcasses they feed on. There are evidences showing that it caused the decline of >95% of vultures of the Gyps genus in Southern Asia un...