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.…
Ecological Concern; Diagnostic Challenge: Secondary Rodenticide Toxicity in Predatory Birds
In late April, 2012, an American kestrel found on the railway line was submitted by the local municipality to Western/Northern…
Chronic wasting disease on the Canadian prairies.
Chronic wasting disease in cervids continues to spread slowly across North America including the Canadian Prairie Provinces. The disease is…
Suspected cat predation of a northern flicker
This summer a juvenile male yellow-shafted northern flicker was found on a sidewalk in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, injured and unable to…
Summer student experience at the CCWHC
Now entering his third year at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Tony Redford has learned a great deal about…
Fish Die-off at Buffalo Pound Lake, Saskatchewan
On June 8th, 2012, the Western and Northern regional office of the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Center received reports that…
Epidemic disease in Double-crested Cormorants in Saskatchewan
An outbreak of a virus infection of the brain and spinal cord (encephalitis and myelitis) occurred in August 2012 at…
Disease outbreak in Banks Island muskox
An outbreak of erysipelas has killed at least 100 muskox on N.W.T.’s Banks Island. Wildlife officials say preliminary lab results…
Anthrax outbreak in Mackenzie River bison – NWT
The worst outbreak of killer anthrax spores in the Northwest Territories in two decades has left 128 wood bison dead…