Category: Reptiles and Amphibians

News & Announcements / Ontario/Nunavut / Reptiles and Amphibians / Salamander Chytrid / Students / Surveillance / Teaching/Training / Website Rotator

2022-01-20

Student Network for Amphibian Pathogen Surveillance (SNAPS)

The Student Network for Amphibian Pathogen Surveillance (SNAPS) is a network of students, scientists and educators committed to the conservation of amphibians against the threat of emerging pathogens, with an initial focus on Batrachochytrium...

Diagnostic Highlights / Quebec / Reptiles and Amphibians / Website Rotator

2021-05-28

Chytridiomycose chez une rainette faux-grillon en milieu naturel au Québec

Une rainette faux-grillon trouvée à Boucherville sur la rive-sud de Montréal à la fin du mois d’avril dernier présentait une faiblesse et une incoordination des membres pelviens. Un érythème (rougeur) de la portion ventrale...

Diagnostic Highlights / Quebec / Reptiles and Amphibians / Website Rotator

2021-05-28

Chytridiomycosis in a free-ranging chorus frog in Quebec.

A chorus frog found in Boucherville (Montreal’s south shore) at the end of April presented weakness and incoordination of the pelvic limbs. Erythema (redness) of the ventral portion of the animal was also present...

Atlantic / Reptiles and Amphibians / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2020-10-23

Endangered Leatherback Turtle Found Dead on P.E.I.

A Leatherback Sea Turtle was found dead by a member of the public in Skinner’s Pond, northwestern Prince Edward Island on September 11, 2020. This was a male turtle, weighing 988 pounds and with...

Diagnostic Highlights / Ontario/Nunavut / Ranavirus / Reptiles and Amphibians / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-11-01

Ranavirus associated mortality event in frogs in Ontario

Amphibians are uncommon submissions at the CWHC in Ontario, typically because dead amphibians are small and semiaquatic and likely to go unnoticed. However, when amphibians die in large numbers in a mass mortality event,...

News & Announcements / Ontario/Nunavut / Ranavirus / Reptiles and Amphibians / Website Rotator

2018-05-07

Ranavirus discovered in Ontario turtles

Ontario’s turtles are remarkably long-lived – some species can live for over a century, and individuals are usually quite resistant to disease. But mortality from Ranavirus has now been confirmed for the first time...

Bats / Birds / Fish / Mammals / National / Reptiles and Amphibians / Trauma / Website Rotator / Whales

2018-04-09

The Impact of Trauma on Wildlife Health

Between the spring and fall of 2017 North Atlantic right whales experienced a mass mortality event caused by collisions with vessels and entanglements in fishing gear, resulting in the deaths of 16 whales during...

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...

Atlantic / Diagnostic Highlights / News & Announcements / Reptiles and Amphibians / Website Rotator

2018-03-12

CWHC-Atlantic Conducts Necropsy on Frozen Leatherback Sea Turtle Found Frozen in the Bras d’Or Lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

A 647 lb endangered leatherback sea turtle was found frozen in the ice along the shoreline of the Bras d’Or Lake in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia on February 8th, 2018. This particular leatherback...

Category: Reptiles and Amphibians

Student Network for Amphibian Pathogen Surveillance (SNAPS)

Chytridiomycose chez une rainette faux-grillon en milieu naturel au Québec

Chytridiomycosis in a free-ranging chorus frog in Quebec.

Endangered Leatherback Turtle Found Dead on P.E.I.

Ranavirus associated mortality event in frogs in Ontario

Ranavirus discovered in Ontario turtles

The Impact of Trauma on Wildlife Health

The Great Blue Heron and the Toad

Le Grand Héron et le Crapaud

CWHC-Atlantic Conducts Necropsy on Frozen Leatherback Sea Turtle Found Frozen in the Bras d’Or Lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

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