EU agency says livestock drug a threat to European vultures

LONDON (Reuters) - An anti-inflammatory livestock drug that has already been linked to a dramatic decline in vulture populations in Asia is also a threat to vultures and other carcass-eating birds in Europe, regulators said on Friday. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said its experts had confirmed European birds were at risk from residues of the drug diclofenac, which has been authorized for animal use since 1993 and is used in cattle, pigs and horses in some EU countries. ...



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