title: Wildlife on a knife edge--a veterinary perspective.
abstract: Over the last 50 years wildlife in Britain has come under pressure as never before. Many once familiar species have declined, some to the point where their extinction seems likely. But who investigates the causes of mortality in wildlife--and what have we learnt in five decades?
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Laboratories Agency at Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9AD.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D006113:United Kingdom