Scientific papers

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2013 Pollution, Politics, and Vultures Balmford, A. Science 8 February 2013: Vol. 339 no. 6120 pp. 653-654 DOI: 10.1126/science.1234193
2013 The conservation of Accipitridae vultures of Nepal: a review Harris, R.J. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(2): 3603–3619
2012 First evidence that populations of the critically endangered Longbilled Vulture Gyps indicus in Pakistan have increased following the ban of the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac in south Asia M. JAMSHED I. CHAUDHRY, DARCY L. OGADA, RIFFAT N. MALIK, MUNIR Z. VIRANI and MATTHEW D. GIOVANNI Bird Conservation International / FirstView Article / October 2012, pp 1 9. DOI: 10.1017/S0959270912000445, Published online.
2012 Conservation breeding for the future release of the critically endangered Asian Gyps vultures – Progress of the programme in South Asia and why it is so important Christopher G.R. Bowden, Vibhu Prakash, Sachin Ranade, Andrew Routh, Ram D. Jakati, Richard J. Cuthbert, Asad R. Rahmani, Rhys E. Green, Nikita Prakash AND Jemima Parry-Jones Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 109(1 & 2), Jan-Aug 2012
2012 Molecular sexing of threatened Gyps vultures: an important strategy for conservation breeding and ecological studies Prabhakar B Ghorpade, Praveen K Gupta, Vibhu Prakash, Richard J Cuthbert, Mandar Kulkarni, Nikita Prakash, Asit Das, Anil K Sharma and Mohini Saini Ghorpade et al. SpringerPlus 2012, 1:62
2012 The Population Decline of Gyps Vultures in India and Nepal Has Slowed since Veterinary Use of Diclofenac was Banned Vibhu Prakash, Mohan Chandra Bishwakarma, Anand Chaudhary, Richard Cuthbert, Ruchi Dave, Mandar Kulkarni, Sashi Kumar, Khadananda Paudel, Sachin Ranade, Rohan Shringarpure, Rhys E. Green PLoS ONE 7(11): e49118. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049118
2012 Aceclofenac as a Potential Threat to Critically Endangered Vultures in India: A Review Pradeep Sharma Journal of Raptor Research, 46(3):314-318. 2012. The Raptor Research Foundation
2012 Vultures in Cambodia: population, threats and conservation Clements, T., Gilbert, M., Rainey, H.J., Cuthbert, R., Eames, J.C., Bunnat, P., Teak, S., Chansocheat, S. and Setha, T Bird Conservation International pp 1-18 doi:10.1017/S0959270912000093
2012 Husbandry Guidelines for ‘in range’ conservation breeding programmes of Gyps bengalensis, Gyps indicus and Gyps tenuirostris Dr Vibhu Prakash, Chris Bowden, Richard Cuthbert, Nick Lindsay, Nikita Prakash, Andrew Routh, Jemima Parry-Jones Version 1.0 pp,54. Royal Society for Protection of Birds, Sandy, UK: ISBN – 978-1-905601-34-9
2011 Population trends of Critically Endangered Gyps vultures in the lowlands of Nepal Anand Chaudhary, Tulsi Ram Subedi, Jeet Bahadur Giri, Hem Sagar Baral, Basu Bidaru, Hem Subedi, Badri Chaudhary, Ishwori Chaudhary, Khadananda Paudel and Richard J Cuthbert Bird Conservation International, page 1 of 9. BirdLife International, 2011. doi:10.1017/S0959270911000426
2011 Gyps Vulture Restoration project – Role of captive breeding in endangered species management U. Khan and C. Murn The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 21(2 Suppl.): 2011, Page: 405-409. ISSN: 1018-7081
2011 Recent developments in Gyps vulture conservation in Pakistan Campbell Murn, Uzma Khan and Faisal Farid Vulture News 61
2011
 Assessing the ongoing threat from veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to Critically Endangered Gyps vultures in India Richard J. Cuthbert, Ruchi Dave, Soumya Sunder Chakraborty, Sashi Kumar, Satya Prakash, Sachin P. Ranade, Vibhu Prakash Oryx: 45(3), 420–426.
2011
 South Asian Vultures in Crisis: Environmental Contamination with a Pharmaceutical J. L. Oaks and R. T. Watson Wildlife Ecotoxicology: Forensic Approaches. Springer, New York
2011 Effectiveness of Action in India to Reduce Exposure of Gyps Vultures to the Toxic Veterinary Drug Diclofenac Cuthbert, R., Taggart, M. A., Prakash, V., Saini, M., Swarup, D., Suchitra, U., Mateo, R., Chakraborty, S. S., Deori, P. and Green, R. E. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19069. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019069
2010 Historical and current status of vultures in Myanmar HTIN HLA, NAY MYO SHWE, THURA WIN HTUN, SAO MYO ZAW, SIMON MAHOOD, JONATHAN C. EAMES and JOHN D. PILGRIM Bird Conservation International © BirdLife International 2010. doi:10.1017/S0959270910000560
2010
 Effectiveness of Action in India to Reduce Exposure of Gyps Vultures to the Toxic Veterinary Drug Diclofenac Cuthbert R, Taggart MA, Prakash V, Saini M, Swarup D, et al. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19069. doi:10. 1371/journal .pone.0019069
2010
 The toxicokinetics of ketoprofen in Gyps coprotheres: toxicity due to zero-order metabolism V. Naidoo, L. Venter, K. Wolter, M. Taggart, R. Cuthbert Arch Toxicol (2010) 84:761–766 DOI 10.1007/s00204-010-0521-0
2010
 Diclofenac is toxic to the Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis

Devojit Das, Richard J Cuthbert, Ram D. Jakati, Vibhu Prakash

 Bird Conservation International, page 1 of 4. ª BirdLife International, 2010 doi:10.1017/S0959270 910000171
2009
 The Asian Gyps vulture crisis: the role of captive breeding in India to prevent total extinction Chris Bowden BirdingASIA 12 (2009): 121–123
2009
 Toxicity of NSAIDs to Gyps vultures: a new threat from ketoprofen Naidoo, V., Wolter, K., Cromarty, D., Diekmann, M., Duncan, N., Meharg, A.A., Taggart, M.A., Venter, L. and Cuthbert R Biology Letters doi: 10.1098/rsbl .2009.0818
2009
 Analysis of nine NSAIDs in ungulate tissues available to Critically Endangered vultures in India Taggart, M.A., Senacha, K., Green, R.E., Cuthbert, R., Jhala, Y., Rahmani, A., Meharg, A.A. Mateo, R. & Pain, D.J. Environmnet Science and Technology DOI: 10.1021/es 9002026
2009
 Veterinary diclofenac threatens Africa's endangered vulture species Naidoo, V., Wolter, K., Cuthbert, R. and Duncan, N. Regulatory Toxicology& Pharmacoloy 53: 205-208
2009 Role of veterinary diclofenac in decline of vulture populations in South Asia Cuthbert RJ, Prakash V, Bowden C, Das D, Green RE, Jhala Y, Pain DJ, Senacha KR, Shah N, Taggart MA Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine 2:80-85
2008 The race to prevent the extinction of South Asian vultures Deborah J. Pain, Christopher G.R. Bowden, Andrew A. Cunningham, Richard Cuthbert, Devojit Das, Martin Gilbert, Ram D. Jakati, Yadvendradev Jhala, Aleem A. Khan, Vinny Naidoo, J. Lindsay Oaks, Jemima Parry-Jones, Vibhu Prakash, Asad Rahmani, Sachin P. Ranade, Hem Sagar Baral, Kalu Ram Senacha, S. Saravanan, Nita Shah, Gerry Swan, Devendra Swarup, Mark A. Taggart, Richard T. Watson, Munir Z. Virani, Kerri Wolter and Rhys E. Green Bird Conservation International (2008) 18:S30–S48. BirdLife International 2008. doi: 10.1017/S0959270908000324
2008 Vulture populations in Pakistan and the Gyps Vulture Restoration Project Campbell Murn, Uzma Khan & Faisal Farid Vulture News 58
2008
 Rapid population declines of Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis in Upper Mustang, Nepal Raju Acharya, Richard Cuthbert, Hem Sagar Baral & Karan Bahadur Shah Bird Conservation International, 19: 99-107
2008
 Diclofenac levels in livestock carcasses in India before the ban Senacha, K. R., Taggart, M. A., Rahmani, A. R., Jhala, Y. V., Cuthbert, R., Pain, D. J. and Green, R. E. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 105 (2): 148-161
2008
 Surveys of Himalayan Vultures (Gyps himalayensis) in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Mustang, Nepal Virani, M., Giri, J.B., Watson, R.T., and Baral, H.S.

Journal of Raptor Research 42(3): 197-203.
2008
 Neck-drooping posture of Oriental White-backed Vultures (Gyps bengalensis) in close proximity to human observers Watson, R.T., M. Gilbert, and M. Virani Journal of Raptor Research 42(1):66-67
2007 Vulture restaurants and their role in reducing diclofenac exposure in Asian vultures MARTIN GILBERT, RICHARD T. WATSON, SHAKEEL AHMED, MUHAMMAD ASIM and JEFF A. JOHNSON Bird Conservation International (2007) 17:63–77. BirdLife International 2007. doi: 10.1017/S0959270906000621
2007
 Recent changes in populations of resident Gyps vultures in India Prakash, V., Green R.E., Pain D.J., Ranade, S.P., Saravanan S., Prakash, N, Venkitachalam, R., Cuthbert R., Rahmani A. R., Cunningham A. A. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 104: 129-135
2007
 The safety of meloxicam to critically endangered Gyps vultures and other scavenging birds in India Swarup, D., Patra, R. C., Prakash V., Cuthbert, R., Das, D., Avari P, Pain, D.J., Green, R.E., Sharma, A.K., Saini, M., Das, D., Taggart M Animal Conservation, 10: 192-198
2007
 Rate of Decline of the Oriental White-Backed Vulture Population in India Estimated from a Survey of Diclofenac Residues in Carcasses of Ungulates Green, R.E., Taggart, M.A., Senacha, K.R., Raghavan, B., Pain, D.J., Cuthbert, R. Plos One, Issue 8, E 686, 1-10
2007
 Diclofenac residues in carcasses of domestic ungulates available to vultures in India Taggart, M.A., Senacha, K.R., Green, R.E., Jhala, Y.V., Raghavan, B., Rahmani, A.R., Cuthbert, R., Pain, D.J., Meharg, A.A. Environment International 33 (2007) 759-765
2007
 NSAIDs and scavenging birds: potential impacts beyond Asia's critically endangered vultures Cuthbert, R., Parry-Jones, J., Green, R.E., Pain, D.J. Biology Letters, doi:10.1098/rs bl.2006.0554
2007
 Neck-drooping posture in Oriental White-backed Vultures (Gyps bengalensis): An unsuccessful predictor of mortality and its probable role in thermoregulation Gilbert, M., Watson, R.T., Virani, M., Oaks, J.L., Ahmed, S., Chaudhry, M.J.I., Arshad, M., Mahmood, S., Ali, A., and Khan, A.A.

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2007
 Vulture restaurants and their role in reducing diclofenac exposure in Asian vultures Gilbert, M., Watson, R.T., Ahmed, S., Asim, M., and J.A. Johnson Bird Conservation International 17:63-77
2006
 Comparative toxicity studies of NSAIDs in birds: A criticism of Reddy et al Cuthbert, Pain, D.J., Green, R.E., Swan, G., Swarup, D Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
2006
 Collapse of Asian vulture populations: risk of mortality from residues of the veterinary drug diclofenac in carcasses of treated cattle Green, R.E., Taggart, M.A., DAS, D., Pain, D.J., Kumar, S., Cunningham, A.A., Cuthbert, R. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 949-956
2006
 Disposition of diclofenac in Indian cow and goat with reference to Gyps vulture population declines Taggart, M.A., Cuthbert, R., Das, D., Sashikumar, C., Pain, D., Green, R., Feltrer, Y., Shultz, S., Cunningham, A.A., Meharg, A.A. Environmental Pollution, doi:1 0.1016/j.envp ol.2006.08.017.
2006
 Rapid populations declines of Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) and red-headed vultures (Sarcogyps calvus) in India Cuthbert, R.J., Green, R.E., Ranade, S., Saravanan, S., Pain, D.J., Prakash, V., Cunningham, A.A. Animal Conservation, 9: 349-354
2006
 Removing the Threat of Diclofenac to Critically Endangered Asian Vultures Gerry Swan, Vinasan Naidoo, Richard Cuthbert, Rhys E. Green, Deborah J. Pain, Devendra Swarup, Vibhu Prakash, Mark Taggart, Lizette Bekker, Devojit Das, Jörg Diekmann, Maria Diekmann, Elmarié Killian, Andy Meharg, Ramesh Chandra Patra, Mohini Saini, Kerri Wolter PLoS Biology, 4: 395-402.
2006
 Rapid population declines and mortality clusters in three Oriental white-backed vulture Gyps bengalensis colonies due to diclofenac poisoning Gilbert, M., Watson, R.T., Virani, M.Z., Oaks, J.L., Ahmed, S., Chaudhry, M.J.I., Arshad, M., Mahmood, S., Ali, A., and Khan, A.A. Oryx 40(4): 388-399
2006 Toxicity of diclofenac to Gyps vultures Gerry E. Swan, Richard Cuthbert, Miguel Quevedo, Rhys E. Green, Deborah J. Pain, Paul Bartels, Andrew A. Cunningham, Neil Duncan, Andrew A. Meharg, J. Lindsay Oaks, Jemima Parry-Jones, Susanne Shultz, Mark A. Taggart, Gerhard Verdoorn, Kerri Wolter Biology Letters, 2: 279-282
2005
 Evidence to support that diclofenac caused catastrophic vulture population decline Prakash, V., Green, R.E., Rahmani, A.R., Pain, D.J., Virani, M.Z., Khan, A.A., Baral, H.S., Jhala, Y.V., Naoroji, R., Shah, N., Bowden, C.G.R., Choudharay, B.C., Narayan, G., and Gautam, P. Current Science 88:1533-1534
2006 Removing the Threat of Diclofenac to Critically Endangered Asian Vultures. Gerry Swan, Vinasan Naidoo, Richard Cuthbert, Rhys E. Green, Deborah J. Pain, Devendra Swarup, Vibhu Prakash, Mark Taggart, Lizette Bekker, Devojit Das, Jörg Diekmann, Maria Diekmann, Elmarié Killian, Andy Meharg, Ramesh Chandra Patra, Mohini Saini, Kerri Wolter PLoS Biology, 4: 395-402
2004
 Diclofenac poisoning as a cause of vulture population declines across the Indian subcontinent Green, R., Newton, I., Shultz, S., Cunningham, A., Gilbert, M., Pain, D.J., & Prakash, V. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41: 793-800
2004
 Diclofenac poisoning is widespread in declining vulture populations across the Indian subcontinent Shultz, S., Baral, H.S, Charman, S., Cunningham, A.A., Das, D., Ghalsasi, G.R. Goudar, M.S. Green, R.E., Jones, A., Nighot, P., Pain, D.J. Prakash, V. Biology Letters
2004
 The collapse of vulture populations in South Asia Watson, R.T., M. Gilbert, J.L. Oaks, and M. Virani Biodiversity 5(3): 3-7
2004
 Diclofenac residues as the cause of vulture population decline in Pakistan Oaks, J.L., Gilbert, M., Virani, M.Z., Watson, R.T., Meteyer, C.U., Rideout, B.A., Shivaprasad, H.L., Ahmed, S. Chaudhry, M.J.I.,  Arshad, M., Mahmood, S., M., Ali, A. & Khan, A.A Nature 427 (6975): 630-632
2003
 Indian vultures: victims of an infectious disease epidemic? Cunningham, A.A, Prakash, V., Pain, D.J., Ghalsasi, G.R., Wells, G.A.H., Kolte, G.N., Nighot, P., Goudar, M.S., Kshirsagar, S. and Rahmani, A. Animal Conservation, 6, 187-197
2003
 Gyps vulture declines in Asia: temperospatial trends, causes and impacts Pain, D. J., Cunningham, A. A., Donald, P. F., Duckworth, J. W., Houston, D. C., Katzner, T., Parry-Jones, J., Poole, C., Prakash, V., Round, P. & Timmins, R. Conservation Biology 17: 661-671
2003 Catastrophic collapse of Indian white-backed Gyps bengalensis and long-billed Gyps indicus vulture populations. Prakash, V., Pain, D.J., Cunningham, A.A., Donald, P.F., Prakash, N., Verma, A., Gargi, R., Sivakumar, S.and Rahmani, A. R. Biological Conservation 109 (3):381-390
2002
 Breeding and mortality of Oriental White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis in Punjab Province, Pakistan Gilbert, M., Virani, M.Z., R.T. Watson, Oaks, J.L., Benson, P.C., Khan, A.A., Ahmed, S., Chaudhry, J., Arshad, M., Mahmood, S. & Shah, Q.A. Bird Conserv. Int. 12:311-326