Hello all,
I was sent this email from an uncle who is a doctor of medicine. Thought it
may also interest others.
Cheers
David Parker
>
> Diclofenac residues have virtually annihilated the Oriental white-backed
> vulture in Pakistan. Five years ago, it was one of the most common raptors
> on the Indian subcontinent, but between 2000 and 2003 the population
> declined by at least a third, and up to 95% at some sites. Its decline is
> associated with renal failure and visceral gout. The phenomenon is not as
> bizarre as it sounds: in the past decade, diclofenac has been widely used
> in Asian livestock ( Nature 2004;427: 630-3 [CrossRef]
> <http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/external_ref?access_num=10.1038/nature0231
> 7&link_type=DOI> [ISI]
> <http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/external_ref?access_num=000188875300040&li
> nk_type=ISI> [Medline]
> <http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/external_ref?access_num=14745453&link_type
> =MED>).
>
> (Diclofenac is an arthritis medicine - Voltaren was one of the first trade
> names)
>
>
>
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