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2020-08-11

Public Perception of bats

Long throughout human history bats have had a bad reputation. Many people of past and present fear bats, often due to common misconceptions related to disease. Since white-nose syndrome (an introduced fungal disease that...

British Columbia / CWD / Mammals / News & Announcements / Surveillance / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2020-07-20

B.C. CWD Surveillance – Mandatory Submission of Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer Heads in the Highest Risk Area.

In 2019/2020, the B.C. Wildlife Health Program tested 1260 cervid heads for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) with no positive results. Species sampled were White-tailed Deer, Mule Deer, Black-tailed Deer, Moose, Roosevelt Elk, Rocky Mountain...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Pathology Notes / Saskatchewan / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-07-17

Beware the porcupine! A case of misadventure in a young mountain lion.

CWHC Western/Northern recently received the carcass of a juvenile mountain lion from southwest Saskatchewan that fell ill after eating a porcupine, quills and all. The cub was euthanized after it was found not moving...

Bat Monthly / White Nose Syndrome

2020-07-07

Bat Monitoring in Prince Edward Island National Park

Monitoring of bat activity is underway again throughout Prince Edward Island National Park! Recent restrictions due to COVID-19 have changed our original plans for the 2020 season; however, regular acoustic monitoring has continued in...

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

2020-06-12

Le rorqual à bosse qui a passé plusieurs jours dans la région de Montréal a été retrouvé mort : Une collision avec un bateau est suspectée

Un rorqual à bosse était observé depuis le 27 mai dernier dans le Fleuve Saint-Laurent dans la région de Montréal. Le Réseau québécois d’urgence des mammifères marins (RQUMM) a mis en place un programme...

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

2020-06-12

After spending several days in the region of Montreal, the humpback whale is found dead: A collision with a boat is suspected.

A humpback whale has been observed since May 27 in the St. Lawrence River in the Montreal region. The Réseau québécois d’urgence des mammifères marins (RQUMM) set up a monitor program to follow the...

Bat Monthly / White Nose Syndrome

2020-06-04

Bat Monthly featured story: Developing a Probiotic Approach to Reduce Severity of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (Canada)

Our research team was previously awarded a research grant from the US National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Bat for the Future Fund (NFWF-BFF) to conduct a research project entitled “Developing a Probiotic...

Collaborations / Mammals / Notes from the Field / Quebec / Research / Website Rotator

2020-05-25

Le RCSF-Québec contribue à un programme de recherche sur les pékans en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Louis Imbeau, professeur à l’Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), s’intéresse à l’impact de l’aménagement du territoire sur la biologie de la martre d’Amérique (Martes americana) et du pékan (Pekania pennanti). Dans le cadre...

Collaborations / Mammals / Notes from the Field / Quebec / Research / Website Rotator

2020-05-25

Contribution of the CWHC-Quebec to a research program on fishers in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Louis Imbeau, professor at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), is working on the impact of land use on the biology of American martens (Martes americana) and fishers (Pekania pennanti). As part of...

News & Announcements / Saskatchewan / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-05-25

Welcome back Morgan!

This year the CWHC Western Northern has a returning summer student, Morgan Kelley, assisting with a variety of projects, including avian influenza and moose population studies in Western Canada. After working for the CWHC...

Atlantic / News & Announcements / Students / Website Rotator

2020-05-22

More summer students…

Courtney Fitzgerald is a third year veterinary student at the Atlantic Veterinary College working with CWHC-Atlantic this summer. She will be working remotely on special projects, data entry and analysis, and other wildlife health...

Healthy Wildlife Blog

Public Perception of bats

B.C. CWD Surveillance – Mandatory Submission of Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer Heads in the Highest Risk Area.

Beware the porcupine! A case of misadventure in a young mountain lion.

Bat Monitoring in Prince Edward Island National Park

Le rorqual à bosse qui a passé plusieurs jours dans la région de Montréal a été retrouvé mort : Une collision avec un bateau est suspectée

After spending several days in the region of Montreal, the humpback whale is found dead: A collision with a boat is suspected.

Bat Monthly featured story: Developing a Probiotic Approach to Reduce Severity of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (Canada)

Le RCSF-Québec contribue à un programme de recherche sur les pékans en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Contribution of the CWHC-Quebec to a research program on fishers in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Welcome back Morgan!

More summer students…

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