Introducing Dr. Hein Snyman – Veterinary Pathologist, CWHC BC
The BC node of the CWHC would like to introduce Veterinary Pathologist, Dr. Hein Snyman! Hein is a Veterinary Pathologist…
A die-off of Snowy Owls in the fall
Earlier this fall, we had reports of sick Snowy Owls and submissions of dead Snowy Owls to the CWHC Western/Northern…
Attracting the next generation to wildlife research!
On November 17th, 2015, the “NSERC – Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Host-Parasite Interactions (HPI) Training Program” held an…
71st International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, at the Ontario Veterinary College, are co-hosting the…
Big game meat consumption and lead exposure
A new study was recently published by a team of scientists from the Institut national de santé publique du Québec…
Bat Week Day 5: Dispelling bat Myths
Attitudes toward bats seem to be improving these days, but bat myths often stand in the way of peaceful human-bat…
Bat Week Day 4: What can I do?
What can I do to help? This is a question that enters many people’s minds when they hear of the…
Bat Week Day 3: Bat contributions to science
Bats are important to us in so many ways. In addition to their critical ecological role as pollinators and insectivores,…
Bat Week Day 2: The many faces of bats
Bats are among the most diverse group of mammals and represent about 20% of all mammalian species. Worldwide more than…
Welcome to Bat Week
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a devastating fungal disease that has killed over 6 million bats in Eastern North America since…