New Necropsy Facility in Québec
A new facility in Québec has opened its doors and has helped to improve the diagnostic capabilities of the Canadian…
CCWHC Staff Conducts Annual Wildlife Lab for Veterinary Students
As part of our continuing commitment to education, the Ontario/Nunavut Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) region annually assists with…
Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance in Saskatchewan – Update for winter 2012-13
Saskatchewan’s winter 2012-13 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program is now drawing to a close. This program is based on…
Canada’s Response to White Nose Syndrome
White Nose Syndrome (WNS) of bats is unfolding as an environmental and conservation crisis in North America. Some of our…
The river otter: A biological monitor for environmental contamination in Victoria Harbour
In collaboration with Environment Canada and the BC Ministry Environment, UBC graduate student, Cait Nelson, investigated contaminant exposure in coastal…
Follow a scientist tracking White Nose Syndrome of bats
Since 2007 White-nose Syndrome (WNS) has been associated with the death of millions of cave bats (especially Little Brown Bats,…
Surveillance for Rodent External Parasites at Sheep River Provincial Park, Alberta.
Rodents often are reservoirs for numerous infectious agents, or pathogens, that can be transmitted from animals to humans. External parasites…
The WildTech Project: At the cutting edge of disease diagnostic technology
Imagine that you are a wildlife veterinarian and that you have been called in to deal with a large die-off…