Diclofenac residues as the cause of vulture population decline in Pakistan

By J. Lindsay Oaks, M. Gilbert, M. Virani, R. Watson, C. Meteyer, Bruce A. Rideout, H. Shivaprasad, Shakeel Ahmed, M. Jamshed, I. Chaudhry and 5 more. Nature, 2004

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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment (2017, neutral): “643 mg/g were found in the kidneys of all 25 vultures that died of renal failure [121].”
Rapid population declines and mortality clusters in three Oriental white-backed vulture Gyps bengalensis colonies in Pakistan due to diclofenac poisoning (2006, background): “Given the findings of Oaks et al. (2004) it is reasonable to assume that all vultures recorded with visceral gout had ingested lethal doses of diclofenac 1–6 days prior to death.”
Sources of variation in mortality of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus in Europe (2008, background): “For example, Asian vultures have suffered indirectly from human activity by dying after ingesting diclofenac (e.g. Green et al. 2004, 2006, Oaks et al. 2004).”
Spatial and temporal patterns in the diet of the Andean condor: ecological replacement of native fauna by exotic species (2009, background): “At the present time, Andean condors, as with vultures in Europe and Asia (Donázar, 1993; Oaks et al., 2004; Gangoso et al., 2006), depend on current policies on livestock and wild exotic species.”
A review of survival estimates for raptors and owls (2016, background): “Inadvertent diclofenac poisoning has caused a catastrophic collapse of populations of several species of south Asian vultures (Oaks et al. 2003, Green et al. 2006), and the toxic effects of lead ingestion have had adverse impacts on the critically endangered California Condor, the rare Steller’s…”
State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations (2018, background): “6 times as many raptor species than ‘Species Mortality,’ although threats causing mortality can have acute effects on raptor populations (e.g., Buechley and Şekercioğlu, 2016; Oaks et al., 2004; Ogada et al., 2016).”