CWHC Ontario Wild Bird Avian Influenza Update
Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for wildlife, since its first detection…
SNAPS in 2024
Salamanders aren’t just adorable, they also make a major contribution to ecosystem health and integrity. Sadly, many of our Salamanders…
CWHC at the Heroes 4 Wildlife’s Environmental Awareness Festival
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative was well represented at Heroes 4 Wildlife‘s Environmental Awareness Festival in Oshawa, Ontario on October…
West Nile Virus Update for Ontario
After its early start this year (‘West Nile Virus Makes an Early Appearance in Wild Birds in Ontario this Year’),…
Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis in a White-tailed Deer
On June 7th a white-tailed deer was found stumbling around and convulsing in a Toronto Cemetery. She unfortunately passed away…
West Nile Virus Makes an Early Appearance in Wild Birds in Ontario this Year
The 2024 West Nile virus (WNV) season has officially started at CWHC Ontario. We detected 3 cases of WNV in…
RHDV2 surveillance in Ontario
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease is a fatal disease, caused by rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2), that can affect both wild…
CWHC ON/NU Welcomes New Communications Coordinator
My name is Jenna Matsuba and I am the new Communications Coordinator for the Ontario/ Nunavut region of the CWHC.…
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,…
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…