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…
2016 INCDNCM Conference: Important Dates
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) and the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ) will be hosting the 2016…
CWHC Annual Workshop: An Atlantic and Canadian Perspective on Wildlife Health
Save the date! The CWHC Annual Workshop: An Atlantic and Canadian Perspective on Wildlife Health will be taking place at…
Snowy Owl Update – CWHC Quebec
For the third winter in a row, an unusually high number of snowy owls have been submitted for postmortem examination…
Introducing Dr. Eric Parent – Avian Pathologist, CWHC BC
The BC node of the CWHC would like to introduce Avian Pathologist, Dr. Eric Parent! Eric joined the Ministry of…
Amphibian Chytrid Fungi PCR Quality Control: Call for Participation
Several research and diagnostic laboratories across North America are running PCR tests looking for wild pathogens. Standardization of methodologies is…
Day 12: Twelve Drummers Drumming
If you spend much time in forested regions of Canada and parts of the US, you’ve probably heard a curious…
Day 11: Eleven Pipers Piping
Small, unassuming, but not to be underestimated, the Piping Plover inhabits shores and sandbars of water bodies in the Prairies…
Day 10: Ten Lords a Leaping
The days immediately following birth can vary tremendously among different species. Neonates, or newborns, are born somewhere in the range…
Day 9: Nine Ladies Dancing
There is nothing quite like the sight of the courtship ritual of the Clark’s and the Western Grebes. The ritual…