Poisoning causing the decline in South-East Asia’s largest vulture population

Vulture population decline, Diclofenac and avian gout

Populations of the Gyps vultures of southern Asian countries have been declining precipitously during the recent past, especially in the western parts of its distributional range. A linkage between the common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) ‘Diclofenac’ and the mortality of these vultures was established recently from Pakistan. However, any conclusive evidence on Diclofenac-poisoni...

The pattern of injury and poisoning in South East Iran

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and even more so in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Iran is a LMIC and lacks information regarding injury for program and policy purposes. This study aimed to describe the incidence and patterns of injury in one province in South Eastern Iran. METHODS A hospital-based, retrospective case review u...

Citrus Sudden Decline Disease in the South of Kerman Province

Azadvar M, Alizadeh HR, Najafinia M, Safarnejad MR  and  Esfandiari S (2019) Citrus sudden decline disease in the south of Kerman province. Plant Pathology Science 8(2): 31-37. DOI: 10.2982/PPS.8.2.31   During recent years, the newly emerging disease, citrus sudden decline (CSD) has destroyed many of citrus trees grafted onto bael rootstock in the south of Kerman Province. The disease is caus...

Diclofenac poisoning as a cause of vulture population declines across the Indian subcontinent

RHYS E. GREEN*†, IAN NEWTON‡, SUSANNE SHULTZ*§, ANDREW A. CUNNINGHAM§, MARTIN GILBERT¶, DEBORAH J. PAIN* and VIBHU PRAKASH** * Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2 DL, UK; † Conservation Biology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK; ‡ Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood Research Station, Abbots Ripton, ...

Population-based Seroprevalence of HTLV-I Infection in Golestan Province, South East of Caspian Sea, Iran