The river otter: A biological monitor for environmental contamination in Victoria Harbour
In collaboration with Environment Canada and the BC Ministry Environment, UBC graduate student, Cait Nelson, investigated contaminant exposure in coastal…
Follow a scientist tracking White Nose Syndrome of bats
Since 2007 White-nose Syndrome (WNS) has been associated with the death of millions of cave bats (especially Little Brown Bats,…
CCWHC graduate student studying disease of Canadian crows
Anil W. Kalupahana is a PhD student originally from Sri Lanka. He began his research at the Atlantic Veterinary College…
Chronic wasting disease on the Canadian prairies.
Chronic wasting disease in cervids continues to spread slowly across North America including the Canadian Prairie Provinces. The disease is…
Potential for American Crows to spread infectious prions in the environment
What role do scavengers have on the spread of prion diseases in the environment? A recent study has shown that…
Surveillance for Rodent External Parasites at Sheep River Provincial Park, Alberta.
Rodents often are reservoirs for numerous infectious agents, or pathogens, that can be transmitted from animals to humans. External parasites…
Hepatic sarcocystosis in black bears: an emerging disease in British Columbia?
In July 2008, a mature captive male black bear resident in the lower mainland of the Fraser Valley was submitted…
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…
Ontario research on the blacklegged tick and Lyme disease
During the autumn months, the risk of encountering a blacklegged tick in eastern North America increases. Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis),…
Avian Bornavirus as a cause of disease in free-ranging waterfowl in North America
A new strain of the recently discovered Avian Bornavirus (ABV) was identified in 2009 as a cause of neurological disease…