WNS Update – Ontario: First 2013 case confirmed
Ontario has confirmed its first cases of white nose syndrome (WNS) for 2013. The infected bats were found in a…
A Safety Manual for Harvesters of Fish and Wildlife in Canada’s Arctic
Over the past several years, the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) has worked with the Government of Nunavut to…
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…
Unusual weather causes unusual wildlife behaviour
The new norm for Canadian winter weather seems to be anything but normal, and this can have an effect on…
Food safety of hunter-killed wildlife
Late autumn is hunting season with white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose being the species commonly hunted in Canada.…
Mute swan deaths in St. Catharines caused by enteric parasite
On 10 November, 2012 14 mute swans were found dead in Martindale Pond, which lies just south of Lake Ontario…
The unpredictable occurrence of Type E botulism in the lower Great Lakes
Although Type E botulism was first recognized as a cause of mortality in fish-eating birds following significant die-offs of common…
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease: Near but not yet here in Ontario
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) is a viral disease of white-tailed deer, transmitted to them by biting midges. It is a…
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…