Category: Parasites

Ontario/Nunavut / Parasites / Website Rotator

2023-01-11

Echinococcus multilocularis detected for the second time in an Eastern Chipmunk in Ontario

In October of 2022, an eastern chipmunk from Port Perry was brought to a local wildlife rehabilitation centre. The small animal appeared to be in pain and had an enlarged and abnormal mass in...

Citizen Science / News & Announcements / Parasites / Saskatchewan / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2021-05-10

Ticks the season…..

It’s spring (for real this time), and everyone is eager to get outside after a long winter and an even longer pandemic…Unfortunately, we’re not the only ones. May and June are peak seasons for...

Birds / Parasites / Quebec / Trichomonosis / Website Rotator

2020-10-05

Cas de trichomonase confirmés chez des oiseaux de mangeoire au Québec

Depuis la mi-août quelques oiseaux malades présentant des signes cliniques suggestifs de trichomonase ont été rapportés au centre régional du Québec. Ces cas ont été observés dans les régions de Montréal et de Sherbrooke....

Birds / Parasites / Quebec / Trichomonosis / Website Rotator

2020-10-05

Confirmed cases of trichomonosis in bird feeders – Quebec

Since mid-August, a few sick birds showing clinical signs suggestive of trichomonosis have been reported to the Quebec Regional Center. These cases have been observed in the regions of Montreal and Sherbrooke. Infection with...

Collaborations / Mammals / Notes from the Field / Parasites / Quebec / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2020-04-15

Le projet de recherche sur les orignaux en Jamésie continue !

Pour la troisième année consécutive, une équipe du Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs – bureau de Chibougamau (MFFP), sous la supervision du biologiste Vincent Brodeur, poursuit le projet en Jamésie...

Collaborations / Mammals / Parasites / Quebec / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2020-04-15

The moose research project in Jamésie continues!

For the third consecutive year, a team from the Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks (MFFP) – Chibougamau office, under the supervision of the biologist Vincent Brodeur, is continuing the project in Jamésie...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Parasites / Surveillance / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-01-27

Trichinella infection, and other findings, in a grizzly bear autopsy.

In the summer of 2019 I received some preserved tissue samples from a grizzly bear that had been caught in a wolf neck-snare and was subsequently shot. Inadvertent snaring of non-target wildlife species is...

Caribou / Collaborations / Education / Northern Canada / Ontario/Nunavut / Parasites / Teaching/Training / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Workshops

2019-12-18

Caribou workshop in Arviat, Nunavut

If you had told me three years ago that I’d be spending a week in Nunavut educating school groups, members of the community, hunters, and biologists on parasites and diseases of caribou, I would...

Atlantic / Birds / Citizen Science / Diagnostic Highlights / Parasites / Quebec / Trichomonosis / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-07-31

Trichomonosis…..it’s back!

Trichomonosis has once again returned to eastern Canada this summer. The disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas gallinae which infects the mucosal lining of the oral cavity and upper digestive tract of...

Mammals / Parasites / Quebec / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-07-23

Gale notoedrique chez un écureuil gris

Un cas de gale notoedrique a été diagnostiqué chez un écureuil gris à Montréal au mois de juin. Cet animal était débilité, maigre et présentait une perte importante de poils. La gale notoedrique est...

Category: Parasites

Echinococcus multilocularis detected for the second time in an Eastern Chipmunk in Ontario

Ticks the season…..

Cas de trichomonase confirmés chez des oiseaux de mangeoire au Québec

Confirmed cases of trichomonosis in bird feeders – Quebec

Le projet de recherche sur les orignaux en Jamésie continue !

The moose research project in Jamésie continues!

Trichinella infection, and other findings, in a grizzly bear autopsy.

Caribou workshop in Arviat, Nunavut

Trichomonosis…..it’s back!

Gale notoedrique chez un écureuil gris

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