Monthly Archive: May 2013

2013-05-31

Disease and the decline of amphibians

A new study from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) predicts that many species of frogs, toads and salamanders in the U.S. will face a 50% drop in their population within the next decade...

Beached dolphin found near Darnley, PEI.

Atlantic

2013-05-28

Beached dolphin found near Darnley, PEI.

This May, staff from the Atlantic Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre were sent to investigate the death of a beached dolphin with the help of local provincial fisheries and wildlife officers in Prince Edward...

Atlantic / National / News & Announcements / White Nose Syndrome

2013-05-24

White nose syndrome and species extinction

Researchers are growing increasingly concerned over the fate of Canada’s bat populations. It is recommended, that because of the unprecedented mortality associated with the introduction of white nose syndrome to Canada, that the three species of bats which...

Oxygen level in the St. Lawrence Estuary concerns researchers

Atlantic / Quebec

2013-05-23

Oxygen level in the St. Lawrence Estuary concerns researchers

According to recent data collected by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), the levels of oxygen in some areas of the St. Lawrence Estuary have markedly decreased. The hypoxic (low oxygen level) zone...

Québec’s annual workshop on wildlife health – Québec City 2013

Quebec / Workshops

2013-05-21

Québec’s annual workshop on wildlife health – Québec City 2013

Québec’s annual workshop on wildlife health was held in Quebec City last month. This two day workshop, known as the Journées réseau faune-zoo, is organised by the provincial Health, Agriculture and Wildlife departments and the...

Ontario/Nunavut

2013-05-16

Bobcat dies from porcupine quill injury

In early March, the bodies of a bobcat and a deer were found together on a frozen lake in mid-central Ontario. The bodies were located near the shore, close to some cedar trees, away...

Lymphoproliferative Disease in Wild Turkeys

International / News & Announcements

2013-05-13

Lymphoproliferative Disease in Wild Turkeys

Recently, Outdoor Life published an article on surveillance in Maine and New York for a newly recognized disease of wild turkeys – lymphoproliferative disease. Further information on this condition may be found in an...

Echinococcus in coyotes around Saskatoon

Research / Western/Northern

2013-05-02

Echinococcus in coyotes around Saskatoon

Recently a small study on the prevalence of Echinococcus sp. infections in coyotes in the Saskatoon area has revealed a high rate of infection, and in some cases, a very high number of parasites...

Monthly Archive: May 2013

Disease and the decline of amphibians

Beached dolphin found near Darnley, PEI.

White nose syndrome and species extinction

Oxygen level in the St. Lawrence Estuary concerns researchers

Québec’s annual workshop on wildlife health – Québec City 2013

Bobcat dies from porcupine quill injury

Lymphoproliferative Disease in Wild Turkeys

Echinococcus in coyotes around Saskatoon

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