Category: Poisoning

Ontario/Nunavut / Poisoning / Toxicity / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2022-11-23

Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicity in Wildlife Predators

With all the news about avian influenza over the past few months, it is sometimes easy to forget that our local wildlife are dealing with other challenges on a daily basis. Unfortunately, one of...

Birds / Ontario/Nunavut / Poisoning / Website Rotator

2022-05-27

Raptors and Rodenticides

The conclusion of a research project is always exciting, not only because we can finally share the results of our efforts, but because we look to the future and plan what we can do...

Birds / British Columbia / Collaborations / Poisoning / Toxicity / Website Rotator

2020-04-20

Lead Poisoning in Trumpeter Swans in British Columbia

As part of an ongoing collaboration with the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the BC Ministry of Agriculture examines swan carcasses that are suspected to have...

Birds / Ontario/Nunavut / Poisoning / Research / Students / Surveillance / Toxicity / Urban Wildlife / Website Rotator

2019-10-04

Summer Research Project: Raptors and Rodenticides.

I love urban wildlife, those animals that refuse to let humans remove them from their habitat. Some urban environments seem totally incompatible with wildlife, yet some animals carve out a niche for themselves and...

British Columbia / Diagnostic Highlights / Pathology Notes / Poisoning / Toxicity / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-05-30

Secondary Barbiturate Toxicity in Bald Eagles and a Red-Tailed Hawk

Secondary toxicity is a relatively common occurrence in free-ranging carnivores and scavengers, particularly in raptors. Secondary toxicity had been documented in a variety of wildlife in BC, including barbiturate toxicity in eagles (Hayes, 1988)....

Birds / Education / News & Announcements / Ontario/Nunavut / Poisoning / Students / Urban Wildlife / Website Rotator

2019-05-07

Summer Students 2019–Part 2

Continuing on with our series on summer students…. CWHC Ontario/Nunavut is pleased to welcome back summer students Rachel Finer and Grace Thornton. Rachel is a Biomedical Science student at the University of Guelph and...

Mammals / Ontario/Nunavut / Poisoning / Urban Wildlife / Website Rotator

2019-04-08

Carbamate insecticide toxicity in a coyote in Ontario

In December 2018, a coyote was found having a generalized (grand mal) seizure in the middle of a residential neighbourhood in Burlington, ON. The seizure started approximately 30 minutes prior to animal control and...

Birds / Diagnostic Highlights / Pathology Notes / Poisoning / Quebec / Reptiles and Amphibians / Toxicity / Website Rotator

2018-03-30

The Great Blue Heron and the Toad

A female young of the year great blue heron (Ardea herodias), found dead last fall in the region of St. Jerome, was submitted to the CWHC – Quebec for examination. This bird was in...

Birds / Diagnostic Highlights / Pathology Notes / Poisoning / Quebec / Reptiles and Amphibians / Toxicity / Website Rotator

2018-03-30

Le Grand Héron et le Crapaud

Un grand héron (Ardea herodias), jeune femelle, trouvée morte l’automne dernier dans la région de Saint-Jérôme, a été soumise pour analyse au RCSF-Québec. Cet oiseau était en très mauvais état corporel; un problème fréquemment...

Birds / British Columbia / Owls / Poisoning / Website Rotator

2018-02-05

Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicity in BC Owls

Over the past few months, a significant number of owls submitted to the BC Ministry of Agriculture, the BC node of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, have had gross lesions suggestive of anti-coagulant rodenticide...

Category: Poisoning

Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicity in Wildlife Predators

Raptors and Rodenticides

Lead Poisoning in Trumpeter Swans in British Columbia

Summer Research Project: Raptors and Rodenticides.

Secondary Barbiturate Toxicity in Bald Eagles and a Red-Tailed Hawk

Summer Students 2019–Part 2

Carbamate insecticide toxicity in a coyote in Ontario

The Great Blue Heron and the Toad

Le Grand Héron et le Crapaud

Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicity in BC Owls

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