Category: Botulism

Avian Influenza / Botulism / Students / Western/Northern

2015-09-18

My summer as a wildlife technician with the CWHC

“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius I am a summer student at the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Western/Northern Region and...

Botulism / Western/Northern

2015-08-06

Suspected Avian Botulism Outbreak on Quill Lakes, SK

On July 30th, Ducks Unlimited staff notified the CWHC Western/Northern of dead waterfowl on the Quill Lakes in east central Saskatchewan. Western/Northern staff arrived the next day to investigate. Upon their arrival to the...

Type E Botulism strikes again in the Great Lakes

Botulism / International / Ontario/Nunavut

2013-12-18

Type E Botulism strikes again in the Great Lakes

“The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) announced (on Friday, December 6, 2013) that Type E botulism has again struck the eastern basin of Lake Ontario this fall resulting in sizable mortality...

Botulism / Ontario/Nunavut / Videos

2012-01-13

Great Lakes Botulism Epidemic

Dr. Ted Leighton explains the effects of the deadly Botulism toxin affecting wildlife in the great lakes of Canada. Alien mussel species and the Round Gobie are the root cause of botulism killing birds...

Botulism / Videos

2012-01-13

Botulism Toxin

Dr. Ted Leighton explains what botulism is and the problems it is causing in the great lakes area of Ontario.

Botulism from mussels kills birds in Ontario

Botulism / Ontario/Nunavut / Videos

2012-01-13

Botulism from mussels kills birds in Ontario

Dr. Ted Leighton describes how Zebra Mussels and Quagga Mussels are killing thousands of birds and fish through the spreading of the deadly botulism toxin.

Type E Botulism on the Great lakes – Fall 2011

Botulism / Ontario/Nunavut

2011-10-10

Type E Botulism on the Great lakes – Fall 2011

Since mid-August, dead fish and birds have been appearing on the beaches in Nottawasaga Bay in southeastern Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. An estimated 200 or more sturgeon, as well as whitefish and other...

Category: Botulism

My summer as a wildlife technician with the CWHC

Suspected Avian Botulism Outbreak on Quill Lakes, SK

Type E Botulism strikes again in the Great Lakes

Great Lakes Botulism Epidemic

Botulism Toxin

Botulism from mussels kills birds in Ontario

Type E Botulism on the Great lakes – Fall 2011

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