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Conferences / Quebec / Website Rotator / Whales

2023-05-15

Symposium béluga 2023 – participation de l’équipe du RCSF-Québec

Du 3 au 5 mai dernier se tenait le Symposium béluga 2023 à Montréal. Ce symposium réunissait les principaux chercheurs travaillant sur différents aspects de la conservation des bélugas de l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent, une...

Conferences / Quebec / Website Rotator / Whales

2023-05-15

Beluga Symposium 2023 – Participation of the CWHC-Quebec team

From May 3 to 5, the Beluga Symposium 2023 was held in Montreal. This symposium brought together leading researchers working on different aspects of the conservation of belugas in the St. Lawrence Estuary, a...

Atlantic / Bats / Citizen Science / Collaborations / Education / Website Rotator / Workshops

2023-04-05

Bat Acoustic Monitoring Workshop for Canadian Maritime Indigenous Organizations

The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC), Atlantic Region partnered with the Native Council of Prince Edward Island (NCPEI) to host a bat acoustic monitoring workshop specifically designed for Indigenous groups from the Canadian Maritime...

Mammals / Parasites / Quebec / Website Rotator

2023-03-31

Relation hôtes-parasites chez les mammifères marins : un équilibre fragile parfois fatal

Les mammifères marins, comme la plupart des animaux sauvages, sont très fréquemment infectés par des parasites. Lors de l’investigation d’une mortalité chez un mammifère marin, le pathologiste doit bien évaluer l’impact potentiel (ou non)...

Mammals / Parasites / Quebec / Website Rotator

2023-03-31

Host-parasite relationships in marine mammals: a fragile and sometimes fatal balance

Marine mammals, like most wild animals, are frequently infected with parasites. When investigating mortality in a marine mammal, the pathologist must carefully evaluate the potential impact of a parasitic infection on the animal’s health....

Birds / Ontario/Nunavut / Website Rotator

2023-02-10

Winter Mortality of American Crows: Orthoreovirus in Ontario

In late November of 2022, CWHC began receiving calls from the Chatham-Kent region regarding an alarming number of dead crows, with no apparent cause of death. We received six crows from this area over...

Mammals / Quebec / Strandings / Website Rotator

2023-01-24

Tumeur de la glande surrénale (phéochromocytome) chez un marsouin commun

Un marsouin commun mâle adulte trouvé échoué l’été dernier à Cloridorme en Gaspésie, Québec a été soumis pour nécropsie au centre régional du Québec pour le Réseau canadien pour la santé la faune (CQSAS)....

Mammals / Quebec / Strandings / Website Rotator

2023-01-24

Adrenal tumour (pheochromocytoma) in a harbour porpoise

An adult male harbour porpoise found stranded last summer in Cloridorme, Gaspésie, Quebec was submitted for necropsy at the Quebec Regional Center of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CQSAS). Macroscopic examination of the animal...

Ontario/Nunavut / Parasites / Website Rotator

2023-01-11

Echinococcus multilocularis detected for the second time in an Eastern Chipmunk in Ontario

In October of 2022, an eastern chipmunk from Port Perry was brought to a local wildlife rehabilitation centre. The small animal appeared to be in pain and had an enlarged and abnormal mass in...

National Office / News & Announcements / Website Rotator

2023-01-09

Introducing Rachelle Lockwood

I am the Avian Influenza Program Coordinator at the National Office. At the national level, I will be chairing or co-chairing the various collaborative working groups to coordinate strategic planning, surveillance, data collection, and...

Citizen Science / Collaborations / Fish / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2023-01-05

Introduction au traqueur de santé des poissons

Passez-vous du temps sur les rivières, lacs et côtes du Canada? Vous vous souciez de la santé des poissons au Canada? Utilisez notre outil de suivi de la santé des poissons dès aujourd’hui! Qu’est-ce...

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