Rodenticide poisoning in an urban coyote
In January 2013, a dead juvenile coyote was found in an urban park in Vancouver, British Columbia. The coyote was…
A potentially deadly fungus is widespread in BC’s frog and toad populations
A deadly disease called chytridiomycosis (caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, aka chytrid fungus) has been decimating amphibian populations all…
An Emerging Fungal Disease in the Pacific Northwest
“Emerging diseases” are infections that occur in some new and unexpected way or are new to science altogether. The fungus…
Snowy owl sightings in BC – 2012/13 possibly highest numbers ever reported.
For the second winter in a row, majestic snowy owls are being spotted in unusually large numbers in British Columbia,…
The river otter: A biological monitor for environmental contamination in Victoria Harbour
In collaboration with Environment Canada and the BC Ministry Environment, UBC graduate student, Cait Nelson, investigated contaminant exposure in coastal…
Food safety of hunter-killed wildlife
Late autumn is hunting season with white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose being the species commonly hunted in Canada.…
Hepatic sarcocystosis in black bears: an emerging disease in British Columbia?
In July 2008, a mature captive male black bear resident in the lower mainland of the Fraser Valley was submitted…
Decrease in salmon linked to higher stress in bears
Research from the lab of Dr. Judit Smits, an associate member of the Alberta regional CCWHC office, links the decline…
2009 influenza A (H1N1) in free ranging Vancouver skunks
In January 2010, a fatal outbreak of influenza A 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) pneumonia in eight free ranging striped skunks…
Emergence of a European parasite in Western Canada
A recent publication in Emerging Infectious Diseases reports a European strain of a pathogenic cestode (Echinococcus multilocularis) in a dog…