Tularemia diagnoses in urban parks in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative Western/Northern Region (CWHC) recently diagnosed tularemia in a white-tailed jack rabbit and red squirrel found…
CWHC: Canada’s Wildlife Watchdogs
Climate change and food insecurity are two of the most important problems facing Canada’s North, says CWHC executive director Dr.…
Tumorous Testes Cause Antler Abnormalities
Deformed Antlers in a Moose In early April 2017, Conservation Officers in southeastern Saskatchewan were notified of a dead moose…
Come Together, Right Now, Over Pigs
Subduing Sneaky Swine in Saskatchewan: A Healthy Hampering of Harmful Hogs Our team certainly put the “cooperative” in Canadian Wildlife…
Dissecting Animal Health: CWHC Western/Northern Hosts Necropsy Course
In early February, staff and graduate students from CWHC Western Northern hosted a one day necropsy course. Fifteen conservation officers…
A Batty Summer in Saskatchewan
The CWHC Western Northern sees an influx of bats Since the beginning of July, 26 bats were submitted to the…
Duck Duck Coot: Testing Wild Birds for Avian Influenza
CWHC’s Western and Northern region aims to test 500 wild birds Wild ducks are thought to be a principal reservoir…
Scientists Seek Reasons Behind Massive Fish Die-off
On a normal summer day at Buffalo Pound Lake, beachgoers bask in the sun to the soothing sound of waves…
Understanding Neonicotinoid Effects on Honey Bees
Neonicotinoids, the most widely used agricultural insecticides in Western Canada, have direct toxic effects on terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates. These…
A Wolf’s Tale
It isn’t every day that a wildlife submission comes to the CWHC with the lesions already discovered. But this was…