| diclofenac residues as the cause of vulture population decline in pakistan. | the oriental white-backed vulture (owbv; gyps bengalensis) was once one of the most common raptors in the indian subcontinent. a population decline of >95%, starting in the 1990s, was first noted at keoladeo national park, india. since then, catastrophic declines, also involving gyps indicus and gyps tenuirostris, have continued to be reported across the subcontinent. consequently these vultures are now listed as critically endangered by birdlife international. in 2000, the peregrine fund initia ... | 2004 | 14745453 |
| raillietiella trachea n. sp., a pentastomid from the trachea of an oriental white-backed vulture gyps bengalensis taken in pakistan, with speculation about its life-cycle. | a cephalobaenid pentastomid, raillietiella trachea n. sp., from the trachea of a fledgling oriental white-backed vulture gyps bengalensis taken in punjab province, pakistan, is described. this is the first record of a pentastomid from a fully terrestrial bird. overall, gross morphology was typical of raillietiella sambon, 1910 in most respects. however, the hooks of r. trachea were of equal size, whereas in other members of the genus anterior hooks are smaller than the posterior hooks. the diagn ... | 2003 | 14574093 |