Using mud to prevent pandemics
‘Pandemic’ is a word that conjures up terrifying images of a devastating disease outbreak spreading across human populations, leaving the…
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Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in British Columbia
In mid-February 2018 feral rabbits were found dead in small numbers on a university campus in Nanaimo and all the…
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Vancouver Rat Project Awarded New Funding
The Vancouver Rat Project and the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative were recently awarded $25,000 in the City of Vancouver’s annual…
Training the Future of Wildlife Professionals
A Pair of New Masters of Science Students Hope to Help Secure the Future for Caribou Leaders in wildlife health…
Two Weeks as a Fourth Year UCVM Student
The University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) fourth year program uses a distributed veterinary learning community model. With…
The Killer Coolant
The leaves are turning, the days are getting shorter and there is a definite nip to the air, signalling that…
CWD Outreach and Surveillance in BC
British Columbia B.C. is in the fortunate position of being Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) free. However, the disease is spreading…
A Bighorn Sheep in Baaaaaaa-d Condition
Bighorn Acting Sheepish In early February 2017 a conservation officer in southeastern British Columbia came across an adult female bighorn…
On the Bighorns of a Dilemma: wild and domestic sheep in BC
Since early last century and maybe before, a correlation between the introduction of domestic sheep and declines in bighorn sheep…