Bélugas de la Mer de Beaufort/Belugas of the Beaufort Sea
Évaluation de la santé des bélugas de la Mer de Beaufort Click here for English Le béluga (Delphinapterus leucas) est…
CWHC Québec Contributes to Health Assessments of Beluga Whales in the Beaufort Sea
Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet: World Oceans Day 2016 Project Profile A significant consequence of climate change is the direct and…
Residency Training Program at CWHC – Québec
Christopher Scala, veterinary resident at the CWHC – Québec, has almost completed his three year program. After the completion of…
Snowy Owl Update – CWHC Quebec
For the third winter in a row, an unusually high number of snowy owls have been submitted for postmortem examination…
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…
Video: Necropsy of a right whale
In June 2015, a dead right whale was found drifting near Percé, Gaspesia. The whale was transported to Caplan, QC,…
Hermaphrodism in a beluga whale
The carcass of a large beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), weighing more than 880 kg, was submitted on May 27 at…
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…
Identification of a Novel Herpesvirus in St. Lawrence Beluga
A recently published paper, co-authored by Stéphane Lair (CWHC – Quebec), is reporting a novel Herpesvirus in St. Lawrence Beluga.…