Help Stop the Spread: Mycoplasmosis in Backyard Songbirds
At the end of December 2025, we began receiving reports from a wildlife rehabilitator in Ottawa, ON regarding numerous sick…
Aidez à freiner la propagation de la mycoplasmose chez les oiseaux utilisant les postes d’alimentation
À la fin décembre 2025, nous avons commencé à recevoir des signalements d’un centre de réhabilitation de la faune à…
Les postes d’alimentation et santé des oiseaux
Stéphane Lair, directeur régional du RCSF pour le Québec a été invité à faire une présentation sur les postes d’alimentation…
Bird Feeding Stations and Bird Health
Stéphane Lair, Regional Director for the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) – Quebec, was invited to give a presentation on…
Positive Pigeons: Dealing with questionable results in avian influenza surveillance
In the spring of 2022, North America’s wild bird populations experienced an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). We…
A rare find in our lab after Hurricane Fiona – a White-tailed tropicbird.
As part of the ongoing National Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance Program, CWHC-Atlantic received a large shipment of birds recently from…
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,…
Cas d’infections par le virus du Nil occidental chez des plongeons huards au Québec
Au cours des mois de juillet et août derniers, cinq plongeons huards (Gavia immer) adultes ont été trouvés morts dans…
Cases of West Nile virus infections in common loons in Quebec
During the months of July and August, five adult common loons (Gavia immer) were found dead in the same area…
Raptors and Rodenticides
The conclusion of a research project is always exciting, not only because we can finally share the results of our…