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| DOI | 10.1126/science.abj0131 |
| Ban veterinary use of diclofenac in Europe | |
| Antoni Margalida; Rhys E. Green; Fernando Hiraldo; Guillermo Blanco; José A. Sánchez-Zapata; Andrea Santangeli; Olivier Duriez; José A. Donázar | |
| 2021-05-14 | |
| 发表期刊 | Science
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| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 英文摘要 | In Europe, vulture recovery has been an important conservation success story ([ 1 ][1]). This success may now be jeopardized by the use of diclofenac in Europe's pastoral landscapes. Although diclofenac had already caused a rapid and catastrophic 95% decline in Asian vulture populations ([ 2 ][2]), the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug was approved for veterinary use in Spain in 2013 ([ 3 ][3]). Although measures for the safe disposal of carcasses of livestock treated with diclofenac are supposed to prevent avian scavengers from feeding on contaminated carrion ([ 4 ][4]), a Spanish cinereous vulture ( Aegypius monachus ) was found dead, poisoned with diclofenac ([ 5 ][5]), in September 2020. European regulatory authorities should permanently ban diclofenac use in livestock before the tragedy met by Asian vultures repeats itself in Europe.
Vulture breeding populations in Spain represent more than 90% of the total European vulture population ([ 6 ][6]). Diclofenac use in livestock could contribute an additional annual mortality rate of 0.9% to 7.7% in Spanish griffon vultures ([ 7 ][7]). The vulture discovered in September was tracked by GPS tag. Given that untagged birds are harder to find, it is likely that more vultures have been poisoned by diclofenac but have not been found. The genus of the recently discovered bird is also ominous; previous diclofenac deaths have only affected species of the genus Gyps ([ 2 ][2], [ 8 ][8]).
If bold measures are not immediately taken throughout Europe, the consequences for European vultures could be severe. In addition to posing an indirect threat, the legal availability of diclofenac may provide a highly efficient weapon to lawbreakers who wish vultures harm. European and national decision-makers should embrace a precautionary approach that promotes treating livestock with cost-effective, vulture-safe alternatives to diclofenac, such as meloxicam ([ 9 ][9]). These decisions would protect European avian scavengers and align with the new European Green Deal action plan for restoring biodiversity ([ 10 ][10]).
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| 领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/326799 |
| 专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Antoni Margalida,Rhys E. Green,Fernando Hiraldo,et al. Ban veterinary use of diclofenac in Europe[J]. Science,2021. |
| APA | Antoni Margalida.,Rhys E. Green.,Fernando Hiraldo.,Guillermo Blanco.,José A. Sánchez-Zapata.,...&José A. Donázar.(2021).Ban veterinary use of diclofenac in Europe.Science. |
| MLA | Antoni Margalida,et al."Ban veterinary use of diclofenac in Europe".Science (2021). |
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