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Table 1.

Schedule, dose, route and sample sizes for testing of captive Gyps coprotheres and wild G. africanus vultures.

	species	route of dose	ketoprofen concentration	dose volume/mass	dose rate mg kg⁻¹	n treated	n control
phase 1	G. coprotheres	oral gavage	13 mg ml⁻¹	0.8–1 ml	1.3–1.4	5	3
phase 2	G. coprotheres	cattle tissues	kidney 7.13 mg kg⁻¹	0.79–0.95 kg	0.5–1	5	3
phase 2	G. coprotheres	cattle tissues	liver 0.16 mg kg⁻¹	0.06–0.27 kg	0.5–1	5	3
phase 3	G. coprotheres	oral gavage	90 mg ml⁻¹	0.7–1 ml	5	11	0
phase 4	G. africanus	oral gavage	10 mg ml⁻¹	0.7–0.9 ml	1.5 and 1.8	2	2