2012 ASFWB Meeting hosted by CCWHC
The CCWHC Atlantic was honored to be the hosting organization of the 49th annual meeting of the Atlantic Society of…
Mysterious Bluefin Tuna Deaths washing up on the shorelines of Atlantic Canada
In each of the past 3 years the Atlantic regional node of the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) in…
CCWHC Graduate Student Researches Parasites of Free-Ranging Lemurs in Madagascar.
The 2012 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment qualified the lemurs of Madagascar as the most…
Ontario research on the blacklegged tick and Lyme disease
During the autumn months, the risk of encountering a blacklegged tick in eastern North America increases. Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis),…
Avian Bornavirus as a cause of disease in free-ranging waterfowl in North America
A new strain of the recently discovered Avian Bornavirus (ABV) was identified in 2009 as a cause of neurological disease…
Decrease in salmon linked to higher stress in bears
Research from the lab of Dr. Judit Smits, an associate member of the Alberta regional CCWHC office, links the decline…
A new lungworm discovered in Northern Canada’s caribou, muskox and moose.
Roundworms of the Family Protostrongylidae (a group of parasitic roundworms) are often capable of causing disease in wild and domestic…
EcoHealth National Rotation 2012
This year during the first 2 weeks in September, the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island,…
Leatherback sea turtle found in the Shubenacadie River, NS
A Leatherback sea turtle was found alive 20 km up the Shubenacadie River, Nova Scotia on August 17, 2012. After…
Decline of the George River Caribou Herd.
A survey conducted this summer by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF), in partnership with the…