Documentary about West Nile Virus in Québec
Recently, Télé-Québec aired a documentary (french) on the occurrence of West Nile Virus in the province in 2012. This video…
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…
New Necropsy Facility in Québec
A new facility in Québec has opened its doors and has helped to improve the diagnostic capabilities of the Canadian…
Unusual weather causes unusual wildlife behaviour
The new norm for Canadian winter weather seems to be anything but normal, and this can have an effect on…
Skin lesions on smallmouth bass in the Saint Lawrence river, Québec.
Over the years, smallmouth bass have become a very prized trophy amongst recreational fishermen in the Lac St-François area of…
Food safety of hunter-killed wildlife
Late autumn is hunting season with white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose being the species commonly hunted in Canada.…
CCWHC Graduate Student Researches Parasites of Free-Ranging Lemurs in Madagascar.
The 2012 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment qualified the lemurs of Madagascar as the most…
Beluga whale observed in Montreal: 400km upstream of normal range
The presence of a beluga in the Montreal harbour was finally confirmed by photographic documentation. Several reports of people sighting…
A new lungworm discovered in Northern Canada’s caribou, muskox and moose.
Roundworms of the Family Protostrongylidae (a group of parasitic roundworms) are often capable of causing disease in wild and domestic…