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Mammals / Parasites / Quebec / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-07-23

Gale notoedrique chez un écureuil gris

Un cas de gale notoedrique a été diagnostiqué chez un écureuil gris à Montréal au mois de juin. Cet animal était débilité, maigre et présentait une perte importante de poils. La gale notoedrique est...

Mammals / Parasites / Quebec / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-07-23

Notoedric mange in an Eastern gray squirrel

A case of notoedric mange was diagnosed in an Eastern gray squirrel in Montreal in June. This animal was debilitated, emaciated, and showed a significant hair loss. Notoedric mange is a parasitic disease caused...

Atlantic / Mammals / News & Announcements / Quebec / Strandings / Website Rotator / Whales

2019-07-19

Mortalité de baleines noires de l’Atlantique Nord

Le Golfe du Saint-Laurent est un endroit achalandé. Est traversé par de multiples routes de trafic maritime et devient de plus en plus un site essentiel à l’alimentation de la baleine noire de l’Atlantique...

Atlantic / Mammals / News & Announcements / Quebec / Strandings / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Whales

2019-07-19

Update on the North Atlantic right whale mortalities

The Gulf of St. Lawrence is a busy place. It is crossed by multiple lines of heavy international shipping traffic, and now is increasingly becoming the summer home for the critically endangered North Atlantic...

Atlantic / Collaborations / Mammals / Notes from the Field / Quebec / Website Rotator / Whales

2019-06-19

Update on North Atlantic Right Whale necropsy

On June 7, 2019, teams from Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, Atlantic and Quebec nodes, participated in a necropsy on an North Atlantic Right Whale on Miscou Island, NB. The juvenile male right whale had...

Bat Monday / White Nose Syndrome

2019-06-17

The last Bat Monday / Le dernier Lundi des Chauve-souris 17 June 2019

Dear Bat Monday followers, Following review of our national WNS response program we are working on evolving and improving delivery of national situational awareness on bat health in Canada. As part of this effort...

British Columbia / Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Notes from the Field / Students / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Whales

2019-06-17

Whale of a Time….

Having been born and raised on the prairies, I have never seen a whale. That is, until I began working as a summer student at the CWHC branch of British Columbia. In the first...

Celebration / National / News & Announcements / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-06-13

WCVM Distinguished Employee of the Year

Congratulations to Patrick Zimmer for being the Western College of Veterinary Medicine Distinguished Employee of the Year. Patrick is the Chief Operating Officer as well as the director of the National office. He is...

Avian Influenza / British Columbia / News & Announcements / Research / Students / Surveillance / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-06-13

More Summer Students…….

Delaney Schofer is working at the British Columbia branch of the CWHC this summer. She has completed her first year at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and is interested in wildlife health and...

Bat Monday / White Nose Syndrome

2019-06-10

Bat Monday / Lundi des Chauve-souris 10 June 2019

This is your weekly Bat Monday, brought to you by the national white-nose syndrome coordinator. Bat Monday compiles the latest on bat and white-nose syndrome related news articles, scientific publications, videos, and other resources....

Birds / Notes from the Field / Quebec / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-06-07

Deuxième édition du festival “Observons les oiseaux avec le RCSF – Québec”

Le 1er juin dernier le RCSF – Québec a organisé une excursion matinale d’observation d’oiseaux dans le cadre de la deuxième édition du Festival “Observons les oiseaux avec le RCSF – Québec”. Nous avons...