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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...

Birds / Notes from the Field / Quebec / Website Rotator

2019-06-07

Second edition of the “CWHC – Quebec Birding Festival”

On June 1st the CWHC – Quebec organised an early morning bird watching walk as part of the second edition of the “CWHC – Quebec Birding Festival”. We took advantage of the fact that...

Mammals / News & Announcements / Quebec / Strandings / Teaching/Training / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Whales / Workshops

2019-06-03

Atelier sur la gestion des échouages de mammifères marins

Une cinquantaine de professionnels ont participé à un atelier sur la gestion des échouages de mammifères marins organisé par le RCSF et qui a eu lieu à la Faculté de médecine vétérinaire de l’Université...

Mammals / News & Announcements / Quebec / Strandings / Teaching/Training / Website Rotator / Whales / Workshops

2019-06-03

Workshop on the management of marine mammal strandings

About 50 professionals participated in a workshop on the management of strandings of marine mammals organized by the CWHC. This workshop took place at the Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal (FMV) on May...

British Columbia / Diagnostic Highlights / Pathology Notes / Poisoning / Toxicity / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-05-30

Secondary Barbiturate Toxicity in Bald Eagles and a Red-Tailed Hawk

Secondary toxicity is a relatively common occurrence in free-ranging carnivores and scavengers, particularly in raptors. Secondary toxicity had been documented in a variety of wildlife in BC, including barbiturate toxicity in eagles (Hayes, 1988)....