Training the Future of Wildlife Professionals
A Pair of New Masters of Science Students Hope to Help Secure the Future for Caribou Leaders in wildlife health…
A study of the raccoon roundworm in Ontario. It’s a trap!
Research is currently underway at the University of Guelph to investigate the raccoon intestinal parasite Baylisascaris procyonis. A component of…
Bat Week 2017: Insights into Bat Health Research
It’s bat week, Oct 24-31, and we at the CWHC Western/Northern would like to share some of our bat-ventures that…
Crows in the Snow: A Wintery Tale of Reoviruses
“Winter is Coming, We Know What’s Coming With it.” -Jon Snow (Game of Thrones) On a sunny Saturday afternoon in…
Attempting to Understand an Unknown of the Arctic
Evidence of wildlife exposure to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae across the Arctic piques the interest of CWHC-Alberta director Dr. Susan Kutz and…
Scientists Seek Reasons Behind Massive Fish Die-off
On a normal summer day at Buffalo Pound Lake, beachgoers bask in the sun to the soothing sound of waves…
Understanding Neonicotinoid Effects on Honey Bees
Neonicotinoids, the most widely used agricultural insecticides in Western Canada, have direct toxic effects on terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates. These…
Mind Controlling Parasite in Alberta!
Here in Canada we don’t often pay much attention to parasites. They are usually considered something you would get if…
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,…
Detectability of avian carcasses during recovery surveys
This summer, I am working with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) on a research project looking at factors associated…