Métis Spirit
The CWHC has featured wildlife artists in our annual report previously and this year we are honoured to feature the…
Big game meat consumption and lead exposure
A new study was recently published by a team of scientists from the Institut national de santé publique du Québec…
Contributions of CWHC Quebec to Special Issue on Birds of Prey
The latest volume of Le Naturaliste canadien features a special issue on birds of prey. The work of the CWHC…
Scientists Complete Global Inventory of Flu Strains in Birds
A group of international scientists have completed the first global inventory of flu strains in birds by reviewing more than…
What It’s Like to Be a Bird – Book Review.
Bird Sense: What It’s Like to Be a Bird by Tim Birkhead Bloomsbury. 2012. 265 pp. $16.00 (paperback) ISBN 978…
The Impact of the Nation’s Most Widely Used Insecticides on Birds
A new report commissioned by the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has assessed commonly used neonicotinoid insecticides to be lethal to…
Understanding parasite biodiversity at high latitudes
Studies on parasite distribution and biodiversity are foundational to understanding how parasites may affect the health and conservation of their…
New Publication: Capacity Development for Wildlife Health Management in Low and Middle Income Countries
At its annual scientific meeting in Lyon, France, in 2012, the Wildlife Disease Association and several partner organizations presented a…
Quebec wildlife health in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases
The last issue of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases features the results of three research projects conducted on wildlife populations…
A Safety Manual for Harvesters of Fish and Wildlife in Canada’s Arctic
Over the past several years, the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) has worked with the Government of Nunavut to…