Publications by authors named "Jemima Parry-Jones"
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- - Ingestion of lead (Pb) from hunting ammunition poses a significant risk of Pb exposure to wild birds, particularly raptors like Eurasian buzzards in the UK, yet data on this issue is limited in Europe.
- - A study over 11 years found that 2.7% of buzzards had liver Pb levels indicating acute exposure and 4.0% had femur Pb levels associated with lethal exposure, with older birds showing higher femur Pb concentrations.
- - Analysis of stable isotopes revealed that a significant portion of the Pb in buzzards' livers—57% overall and 89% in those with high Pb levels—originated from shotgun pellets, suggesting that the exposure primarily occurs through predation
Veterinary treatment of livestock with diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), has caused catastrophic declines of Gyps vultures in Asia. This has highlighted a lack of knowledge on the potential impacts of NSAIDs on scavenging birds. Surveys of veterinarians and zoos document the outcomes of the treatment of over 870 scavenging birds from 79 species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree endemic vulture species Gyps bengalensis, Gyps indicus and Gyps tenuirostris are critically endangered following dramatic declines in South Asia resulting from exposure to diclofenac, a veterinary drug present in the livestock carcasses that they scavenge. Diclofenac is widely used globally and could present a risk to Gyps species from other regions. In this study, we test the toxicity of diclofenac to a Eurasian (Gyps fulvus) and an African (Gyps africanus) species, neither of which is threatened.
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