Double menace pour les oiseaux de l’Ontario : suivre la propagation de l’influenza aviaire et du botulisme
Au cours des derniers mois, le centre régional Ontario/Nunavut du Réseau canadien de la santé de la faune (RCSF) a…
Dual threat to Ontario’s birds: tracking the spread of avian influenza and botulism
Over the past few months, the Ontario/Nunavut regional centre of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) has been receiving numerous…
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…
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…
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…
Great Lakes Botulism Epidemic
Dr. Ted Leighton explains the effects of the deadly Botulism toxin affecting wildlife in the great lakes of Canada. Alien…
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
Dr. Ted Leighton describes how Zebra Mussels and Quagga Mussels are killing thousands of birds and fish through the spreading…
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…