Monitoring Wild Pigs for Diseases of Concern
When there are reports of wild pigs loose in Ontario, there is often a lot of news coverage, especially when…
Première évidence du virus de la COVID-19 chez la faune canadienne en milieu naturel : Des cerfs de Virginie infectés par le SARS-CoV-2
Pour la première fois depuis le début de la pandémie de la COVID-19, voilà que le virus SARS-CoV-2 a été…
First evidence of the COVID-19 virus in Canadian wildlife in the wild: White-tailed deer infected with SARS-CoV-2.
For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been detected in free-ranging animals…
New Face at the National Office
Hi, my name is Carolyn Blushke. I am the Junior Program Coordinator at the National Office. I am responsible for…
Skunk adenovirus-1 in P.E.I.
Striped skunks all over the world have acquired a notorious reputation for spraying foul-smelling material from their hind ends at…
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in White-Tailed Deer in the Kingston, Ontario area
At the end of September, approximately 30 deer were found dead on Wolfe Island and reported to the CWHC ON/NU…
Impaction intestinale par des écailles de graines de tournesol chez deux ratons laveurs au Québec.
Le tournesol, originaire de l’Amérique du Nord, a été d’abord cultivé par les premières nations, puis a servi pour l’ensilage…
Intestinal impaction by sunflower seed shells in two raccoons in Quebec.
Sunflowers, native to North America, were first cultivated by First Nations, then used for silage as well as a source…
Bottlenose Whale Stranding Event
The CWHC was recently requested to respond to the stranding of two northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) that had stranded…
The Wildlife Health Intelligence Platform : Data management for the modern world.
The CWHC National Office leads the organization’s health information management efforts through the development and maintenance of a world-class database…