Category: Diagnostic Highlights

Collaborations / Diagnostic Highlights / Ontario/Nunavut / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2022-01-18

Monitoring Wild Pigs for Diseases of Concern

When there are reports of wild pigs loose in Ontario, there is often a lot of news coverage, especially when the group size is large. Any time there are confirmed sightings, the Ministry of...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Ontario/Nunavut / Website Rotator

2021-10-25

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in White-Tailed Deer in the Kingston, Ontario area

At the end of September, approximately 30 deer were found dead on Wolfe Island and reported to the CWHC ON/NU region. The Ministry of Northern Development, Mining, Natural Resources and Forestry (NDMNRF) were contacted,...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Pathology Notes / Quebec / Website Rotator

2021-10-18

Impaction intestinale par des écailles de graines de tournesol chez deux ratons laveurs au Québec.

Le tournesol, originaire de l’Amérique du Nord, a été d’abord cultivé par les premières nations, puis a servi pour l’ensilage ainsi que source de grains pour la volaille. Aujourd’hui, les graines de tournesol représentent...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Pathology Notes / Quebec / Website Rotator

2021-10-18

Intestinal impaction by sunflower seed shells in two raccoons in Quebec.

Sunflowers, native to North America, were first cultivated by First Nations, then used for silage as well as a source of grain for poultry. Today, sunflower seeds are one of the most important sources...

Confirmation d’un cas de mycoplasmose chez un roselin pourpré au Québec.

Bird Feeders / Birds / Diagnostic Highlights / Mycoplasmosis / Pathology Notes / Quebec / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2021-09-07

Confirmation d’un cas de mycoplasmose chez un roselin pourpré au Québec.

Au cours de la dernière année, nous avons reçu plusieurs photos de passereaux présentant des lésions suggestives de mycoplasmose. Cependant, ce diagnostic présomptif n’avait pas encore pu être confirmé en laboratoire, car aucun des...

Diagnostic Highlights / Quebec / Reptiles and Amphibians / Website Rotator

2021-05-28

Chytridiomycose chez une rainette faux-grillon en milieu naturel au Québec

Une rainette faux-grillon trouvée à Boucherville sur la rive-sud de Montréal à la fin du mois d’avril dernier présentait une faiblesse et une incoordination des membres pelviens. Un érythème (rougeur) de la portion ventrale...

Diagnostic Highlights / Quebec / Reptiles and Amphibians / Website Rotator

2021-05-28

Chytridiomycosis in a free-ranging chorus frog in Quebec.

A chorus frog found in Boucherville (Montreal’s south shore) at the end of April presented weakness and incoordination of the pelvic limbs. Erythema (redness) of the ventral portion of the animal was also present...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Ontario/Nunavut / SARS-CoV-2 / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2021-05-12

Testing of Select Wild Mustelids for SARS-CoV-2

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been concern about what animal species might be at risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2. A number of studies have been performed to determine the susceptibility...

Collaborations / Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Saskatchewan / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2021-01-21

Why did the moose drink the water? Death at a prairie dugout.

In late September of 2020, three moose were reported dead in a dugout in rural Saskatchewan. The moose had been seen alive in the area two days prior by the renter of the land....

Collaborations / Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Ontario/Nunavut / Website Rotator

2021-01-19

Swollen Muzzle in a White-Tailed Deer.

White-tailed deer are one of the more interesting and challenging species that we have the opportunity to work with. The biggest challenge is often trying to figure out how to get such a large...