Ticks the season…..
It’s spring (for real this time), and everyone is eager to get outside after a long winter and an even…
Day 3: Three French Hens
French hens aren’t wild birds but are an important reminder of the interface between domestic animals and wildlife. Avian influenza,…
Bird Strikes and the Discovery of an Unusual Vireo: The Perils and Insights of Fall Migration
By now, fall migration has largely wrapped up in the Western/Northern region. Migration presents a host of dangers as birds…
Endangered Leatherback Turtle Found Dead on P.E.I.
A Leatherback Sea Turtle was found dead by a member of the public in Skinner’s Pond, northwestern Prince Edward Island…
B.C. CWD Surveillance – Mandatory Submission of Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer Heads in the Highest Risk Area.
In 2019/2020, the B.C. Wildlife Health Program tested 1260 cervid heads for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) with no positive results.…
Trichinella infection, and other findings, in a grizzly bear autopsy.
In the summer of 2019 I received some preserved tissue samples from a grizzly bear that had been caught in…
Diagnostic Highlights
Mammals
Quebec
Rabies
Surveillance
Uncategorized
Urban Wildlife
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Cas de rage (de la chauve-souris) chez une moufette rayée au Québec
Suite à la documentation d’un cas de rage du raton laveur dans le sud du Québec en 2006, un programme…
Diagnostic Highlights
Mammals
Quebec
Rabies
Surveillance
Uncategorized
Urban Wildlife
Website Rotator
Bat rabies in a striped skunk in Quebec
Following the documentation of one case of raccoon rabies in southern Quebec in 2006, a program to monitor the occurrence…
Birds
Ontario/Nunavut
Poisoning
Research
Students
Surveillance
Toxicity
Urban Wildlife
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Summer Research Project: Raptors and Rodenticides.
I love urban wildlife, those animals that refuse to let humans remove them from their habitat. Some urban environments seem…
“Bring Out Your Heads”: Hunters are the First Line of Defense Against a Deadly Disease Affecting Deer
I stare at the carefully folded package on the kitchen table. Neat straight edges in the paper wrapping protect the…