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Collaborations / Notes from the Field / Quebec / Uncategorized

2017-06-20

Sauvetage d’un béluga égaré : L’équipe de vétérinaire du RCSF – Québec se mobilise

Le 2 juin dernier, un béluga solitaire a été signalé dans la rivière Nepisiguit (Bathurst, Nouveau-Brunswick) à la Marine Animal Response Society (MARS). Après quelques jours, il devint apparent que ce dernier ne pourrait...

25 Years of Wildlife Health / Celebration

2017-06-13

Co-operative Spirit Key to Wildlife Health Group’s 25-year Success

It’s a rare person who looks upon research on rats – the unwelcome kind – as the study of urban wildlife. But that’s an example of what distinguishes the work of the Canadian Wildlife...

25 Years of Wildlife Health / Atlantic / Celebration

2017-06-13

Scientists’ Bird Feeding Tips Help Dry up Parasite’s Threat

Backyard bird watchers in Atlantic Canada have a CWHC research team to thank for practical tips on saving their feathered friends from a deadly parasite. It comes down to managing their bird feeders. Boreal...

25 Years of Wildlife Health / Celebration / Western/Northern

2017-06-13

CWHC: Canada’s Wildlife Watchdogs

Climate change and food insecurity are two of the most important problems facing Canada’s North, says CWHC executive director Dr. Craig Stephen. The organization doesn’t deliver the same sort of ongoing scanning and surveillance...

25 Years of Wildlife Health / Celebration

2017-06-13

Project Tracks Urban Rats’ Health Risks to Humans

They’re blamed for spreading the Black Death in medieval times and other modern-day scourges such as leptospirosis and rat-bite fever. But even though rats are thriving in cities around the world, current data about...

25 Years of Wildlife Health / Avian Influenza / Celebration

2017-06-13

Researchers Pool Expertise to get the Poop on Avian Influenza

It’s well known that wild birds are a source of avian influenza (AI) — a serious threat to the poultry industry. However, traditional methods of wild bird surveillance had its limitations since it was often...

Uncategorized

2017-06-05

World Environment Day

June 5th is World Environment Day, and the theme is titled “connecting people to nature”. The goal of World Environment Day is to remind us of the vital importance of nature and the active...

Alberta / Diagnostic Highlights / Fish

2017-05-30

A Case of Mistaken Identity – Fish and Their Parasitic Friends

Concerns of Mercury Contamination in Primrose Lake Sparked by Ongoing Monitoring Sounds False Alarm but Reveals an Interesting Case. In early August of 2016, a member of the Cold Lake First Nation (C.L.F.N.)...

Atlantic / Collaborations / Notes from the Field / Students

2017-05-23

CWHC-Atlantic Performs Blue Whale Necropsy

A Blue Whale was found dead, afloat near Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland on March 17, 2017. On May 2nd, it washed ashore in East Berlin near Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The newest member of CWHC-Atlantic , Wildlife...

Atlantic / News & Announcements

2017-05-18

Introducing Dr. Laura Bourque – Wildlife Pathologist CWHC Atlantic

CWHC Atlantic would like to introduce wildlife pathologist Dr. Laura Bourque! Laura recently joined the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island as the new wildlife pathologist succeeding Dr. Scott McBurney who...

Notes from the Field / Quebec

2017-05-15

CWHC-Québec Performs Necropsy and Collects Skeleton from Stranded Humpback

CWHC-Québec performs a necropsy on a humpback whale found stranded in Godbout, Québec A drifting carcass of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was reported to the Réseau québécois d’urgences pour les mammifères marins...