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Birds / Ontario/Nunavut / Website Rotator

2023-02-10

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, with no apparent cause of death. We received six crows from this area over...

Mammals / Quebec / Strandings / Website Rotator

2023-01-24

Tumeur de la glande surrénale (phéochromocytome) chez un marsouin commun

Un marsouin commun mâle adulte trouvé échoué l’été dernier à Cloridorme en Gaspésie, Québec a été soumis pour nécropsie au centre régional du Québec pour le Réseau canadien pour la santé la faune (CQSAS)....

Mammals / Quebec / Strandings / Website Rotator

2023-01-24

Adrenal tumour (pheochromocytoma) in a harbour porpoise

An adult male harbour porpoise found stranded last summer in Cloridorme, Gaspésie, Quebec was submitted for necropsy at the Quebec Regional Center of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CQSAS). Macroscopic examination of the animal...

Ontario/Nunavut / Parasites / Website Rotator

2023-01-11

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 animal appeared to be in pain and had an enlarged and abnormal mass in...

National Office / News & Announcements / Website Rotator

2023-01-09

Introducing Rachelle Lockwood

I am the Avian Influenza Program Coordinator at the National Office. At the national level, I will be chairing or co-chairing the various collaborative working groups to coordinate strategic planning, surveillance, data collection, and...

Citizen Science / Collaborations / Fish / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2023-01-05

Introduction au traqueur de santé des poissons

Passez-vous du temps sur les rivières, lacs et côtes du Canada? Vous vous souciez de la santé des poissons au Canada? Utilisez notre outil de suivi de la santé des poissons dès aujourd’hui! Qu’est-ce...

Citizen Science / Collaborations / Fish / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2023-01-05

Introducing the Fish Health Tracker

Do you spend time on Canada’s rivers, lakes, and coasts? Do you care about the health of fish in Canada? Use our Fish Health Tracker Tool today! What is The Fish Health Tracker? The...

Avian Influenza / Quebec / Website Rotator

2022-12-12

Une autre espèce de mammifères susceptible au virus de l’influenza aviaire H5N1 : premier cas chez un dauphin à flancs blancs

Nous rapportons ici un cas d’infection fatale par le virus de l’influenza aviaire H5N1 hautement pathogène (AIV H5N1) chez un dauphin à flancs blancs (Lagenorhynchus acutus). Ce dauphin juvénile mâle a été trouvé mort...

Avian Influenza / Quebec / Website Rotator

2022-12-12

Another species of mammal susceptible to the H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus: first case in a white-sided dolphin

Here we report a case of fatal infection with the highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus (AIV H5N1) in a white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus). This juvenile male dolphin was found dead stranded on September...

Avian Influenza / Quebec / Website Rotator

2022-12-07

Le virus de l’influenza aviaire hautement pathogène H5N1 est toujours bien présent : Mortalités massives d’oies des neiges lors de la migration automnale dans le sud du Québec

À la fin du mois de novembre, plus d’une cinquantaine de carcasses d’oies des neiges ont été observées sur les rives de la rivière Richelieu, à Saint-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu, Québec. Plusieurs oiseaux encore vivants présentant des...

Avian Influenza / Quebec / Website Rotator

2022-12-07

The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus is still present: Mass mortality of snow geese during fall migration in southern Quebec

At the end of November, more than fifty snow goose carcasses were observed on the shores of the Richelieu River in Saint-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu, Quebec. Several live birds showing neurological signs (half-closed eyes, head tremors and...

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