Veterinary drug could cause major drop in vulture numbers in Spain, new study confirms

Veterinary drug could cause major drop in vulture numbers in Spain, new study confirms

According to a new study, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology and analysing the potential effects of the use of veterinary diclofenac in Spain, the approval in that country of the use of these two new veterinary drugs containing diclofenac – Diclovet and Dolofenac – could jeopardise the viability of Europe’s most important breeding population of Griffon Vultures.

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