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2021-09-08

The Wildlife Health Intelligence Platform : Data management for the modern world.

The CWHC National Office leads the organization’s health information management efforts through the development and maintenance of a world-class database system for wildlife health surveillance; the Wildlife Health Intelligence Platform (WHIP). This system provides...

Confirmation d’un cas de mycoplasmose chez un roselin pourpré au Québec.

Bird Feeders / Birds / Diagnostic Highlights / Mycoplasmosis / Pathology Notes / Quebec / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2021-09-07

Confirmation d’un cas de mycoplasmose chez un roselin pourpré au Québec.

Au cours de la dernière année, nous avons reçu plusieurs photos de passereaux présentant des lésions suggestives de mycoplasmose. Cependant, ce diagnostic présomptif n’avait pas encore pu être confirmé en laboratoire, car aucun des...

Bird Feeders / Birds / Mycoplasmosis / Pathology Notes / Quebec / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2021-09-07

Confirmation of a case of mycoplasmosis in a purple finch in Quebec.

During the past year, we have received several photos of passerines with lesions suggestive of mycoplasmosis. However, as none of the sick birds had been submitted for analysis, this presumptive diagnosis had not yet...

Bat Monthly / Bats / White Nose Syndrome

2021-09-01

CWHC National Office publishes national bat health report

It has become increasingly important in Canada to understand and manage bat populations through a holistic bat health approach. Bats are widely distributed throughout most of Canada, and dead and diseased individuals function as...

Collaborations / National / News & Announcements / Publications / Website Rotator

2021-08-17

Métis Spirit

The CWHC has featured wildlife artists in our annual report previously and this year we are honoured to feature the work of Métis artist Phyllis Poitras-Jarrett. Phyllis resides in Regina, Saskatchewan and draws her...

British Columbia / Website Rotator

2021-08-04

A microscopic mystery infecting wild British Columbian bears

In 2008, the death of a captive black bear drew the attention of wildlife researchers at the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative British Columbia (CWHC BC). The bear had extensive liver damage caused by a...

Bird Feeders / Birds / Ontario/Nunavut / USA / Website Rotator

2021-07-22

Conjunctivitis outbreak in birds in the USA

Near the end of May, there were reports of sick and dying birds in the Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky area. The birds all had evidence of swollen eyes and crusty...

News & Announcements / Quebec / Résidente vétérinaire centre régional du Québec / Website Rotator

2021-07-20

Nouveau résident en gestion de la santé de la faune au centre régional du Québec.

C’est avec grand plaisir que le RCSF-Québec annonce que Benjamin Jakobek a commencé son programme de résidence en gestion santé de la faune au Centre régional du Québec. Originaire de Toronto, Ontario, Ben a...

News & Announcements / Quebec / Veterinary resident Quebec Regional Center / Website Rotator

2021-07-20

New resident in wildlife health management at the Quebec Regional Center.

CWHC-Quebec is pleased to announce that Benjamin Jakobek is their new resident in wildlife health management. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Ben completed his BSc. at the University of British Columbia in 2015. Following that,...

Bats / Collaborations / News & Announcements / Website Rotator / Western/Northern / White Nose Syndrome

2021-07-20

Confirmed Case of White Nose Syndrome in Northern Manitoba

White Nose Syndrome (WNS) – a fatal fungal infection of bats – has been confirmed in four Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) found near Cranberry Portage, Manitoba. This it the furthest northern and western...

Mammals / News & Announcements / Ontario/Nunavut / Website Rotator

2021-07-08

Canine Distemper Virus: Outbreak in Kingston.

Since the beginning of May, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative ON/NU (CWHC) has received a number of calls regarding sick raccoons in the city of Kingston. We reached out to a local wildlife rehabilitation...

Healthy Wildlife Blog

The Wildlife Health Intelligence Platform : Data management for the modern world.

Confirmation d’un cas de mycoplasmose chez un roselin pourpré au Québec.

Confirmation of a case of mycoplasmosis in a purple finch in Quebec.

CWHC National Office publishes national bat health report

Métis Spirit

A microscopic mystery infecting wild British Columbian bears

Conjunctivitis outbreak in birds in the USA

Nouveau résident en gestion de la santé de la faune au centre régional du Québec.

New resident in wildlife health management at the Quebec Regional Center.

Confirmed Case of White Nose Syndrome in Northern Manitoba

Canine Distemper Virus: Outbreak in Kingston.

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