Decrease in salmon linked to higher stress in bears
Research from the lab of Dr. Judit Smits, an associate member of the Alberta regional CCWHC office, links the decline…
A new lungworm discovered in Northern Canada’s caribou, muskox and moose.
Roundworms of the Family Protostrongylidae (a group of parasitic roundworms) are often capable of causing disease in wild and domestic…
NSFAH decision to promote non-lead ammunition
The Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters (NSFAH) has decided to encourage hunters to switch to non-lead ammunition. They…
2009 influenza A (H1N1) in free ranging Vancouver skunks
In January 2010, a fatal outbreak of influenza A 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) pneumonia in eight free ranging striped skunks…
EcoHealth National Rotation 2012
This year during the first 2 weeks in September, the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island,…
Leatherback sea turtle found in the Shubenacadie River, NS
A Leatherback sea turtle was found alive 20 km up the Shubenacadie River, Nova Scotia on August 17, 2012. After…
Ontario continues efforts to control rabies in wildlife
Ontario has continued with one of the most successful wildlife rabies eradication programs in North America by distributing 385,000 wildlife…
Decline of the George River Caribou Herd.
A survey conducted this summer by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF), in partnership with the…
Record High Number of Beluga Calf Mortalities Reported in the St. Lawrence Estuary
Since the beginning of the calving season, a total of 14 dead beluga whale calves have been recovered in the…
Emergence of a European parasite in Western Canada
A recent publication in Emerging Infectious Diseases reports a European strain of a pathogenic cestode (Echinococcus multilocularis) in a dog…