Not exact matches
The cause was eventually traced to
diclofenac, a
veterinary anti-inflammatory drug that relieved pain in cattle, but proved highly toxic to vultures.
Another called for eliminating the
veterinary drug
diclofenac, which kills vultures and other birds, as well as rodenticides, insecticides, and poison bait.
Eventually, governments in the region moved to save vultures by banning
veterinary uses of
diclofenac.
The Oriental white - backed vulture has experienced a critical decline in its numbers, thought to be due to the
veterinary drug
diclofenac.
After India imposed a ban on
veterinary forms of
diclofenac, for example, drug companies there started selling an extra-large dose, ostensibly for human use, that was the same as the dose used on cattle.
In Spain, the authors of today's letter are urging the Spanish government to rescind
diclofenac's approval for
veterinary use under «the precautionary principle, which was recognized as a fundamental element of environmental policy at the Rio Conference of 1992.»