Diclofenac residues as the cause of vulture population decline in Pakistan

Article Abstract:

Diclofenac residues and renal disease were reproduced experimentally in Oriental white-backed vulture's (OWBV) by direct oral exposure and through feeding vultures with disclofenac-treated livestock. It is proposed that residues of veterinary diclofenac are responsible for the OWBV decline.

Pakistan, Kidney diseases, Diclofenac

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Mortality and lifespan

Article Abstract:

One of the main factors of dying that a population faces is because of environmental conditions like predation. Peter Medawar and George Williams predicted that high extrinsic mortality could favor shorter intrinsic life span.

United States, Natural selection, Tropical fish, Tropical fishes

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Fatal medicine for vultures

Article Abstract:

An unusually high death rate among three species of vulture in south Asia is reported. The consequences are severe not just for the vultures, but even for their supporting natural and human ecosystems.

Causes of, Death of, South Asia

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