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Bat Monthly / Bats / Uncategorized / White Nose Syndrome

2020-04-02

Understanding WNS resistance mechanisms in big brown bats

Every winter, many of Canada’s insect-eating bats perform a nearly unbelievable feat of endurance – survival without eating for up to 8 months. They do this by accumulating several grams of fat in fall,...

Bat Monthly / Bats / White Nose Syndrome

2020-03-09

Bat research in Waterton Lakes National Park

The Kenow Wildfire occurred in Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP) in southwestern Alberta in September 2017. The wildfire, started by lightning, burned 38% of WLNP and resulted in a predominantly ‘very high’ burn severity....

Bat Monthly / Bats / White Nose Syndrome

2020-02-13

The Yukon is a tough place to be a bat

The winters are long, cold, and dry, while summers are brief and cool. Yukon experiences “midnight sun” during summer, which is challenging for nocturnal species. Few bat species are adapted to high latitude environments....

Atlantic / Diagnostic Highlights / Pathology Notes / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2020-01-30

Sunfish Ashore in PEI

Last November (2019), The CWHC was informed that a very unusual fish had washed up on the red shores of Prince Edward Island. The Mola mola (or “Ocean Sunfish” as it is better known)...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Parasites / Surveillance / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-01-27

Trichinella infection, and other findings, in a grizzly bear autopsy.

In the summer of 2019 I received some preserved tissue samples from a grizzly bear that had been caught in a wolf neck-snare and was subsequently shot. Inadvertent snaring of non-target wildlife species is...

National / National Office / News & Announcements / Saskatchewan / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-01-17

Old Friends, New Challenges!

Erin Moffatt and I have worked together on and off for 15 years! Wow, time flies! I first met Erin when she worked on our chronic wasting disease (CWD) hunter surveillance program in Western...

Conferences / International / Quebec / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Whales

2020-01-07

Stéphane Lair and Miriam Poirier at the World Marine Mammals Conference

Stéphane Lair et Miriam Poirier à la “World Marine Mammals Conference” qui a eu lieu à Barcelone le mois dernier. Stéphane et Miriam ont présenté les résultats de leurs travaux de recherche dans la...

Atlantic / Diagnostic Highlights / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Whales

2019-12-19

CWHC performs necropsy on rare whale at AVC

On December 11, pathologists, students, and staff from the CWHC and AVC performed a necropsy on a rare Cuvier’s Beaked whale in the AVC postmortem laboratory. The adult, male whale had been found dead...

Caribou / Collaborations / Education / Northern Canada / Ontario/Nunavut / Parasites / Teaching/Training / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Workshops

2019-12-18

Caribou workshop in Arviat, Nunavut

If you had told me three years ago that I’d be spending a week in Nunavut educating school groups, members of the community, hunters, and biologists on parasites and diseases of caribou, I would...

Bat Monthly / Bats

2019-12-13

Featured partner: Native Bat Conservation Program, Toronto Zoo

In the evening when the visitors have left and the Zoo sleeps, Ontario’s wild bats come out to play and the Native Bat Conservation Program Team begins collecting invaluable research. Our site in the...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Quebec / Rabies / Surveillance / Uncategorized / Urban Wildlife / Website Rotator

2019-11-15

Cas de rage (de la chauve-souris) chez une moufette rayée au Québec

Suite à la documentation d’un cas de rage du raton laveur dans le sud du Québec en 2006, un programme de surveillance de la rage du raton laveur, donc l’objectif principal est de détecter...