Category: Saskatchewan

Citizen Science / News & Announcements / Parasites / Saskatchewan / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2021-05-10

Ticks the season…..

It’s spring (for real this time), and everyone is eager to get outside after a long winter and an even longer pandemic…Unfortunately, we’re not the only ones. May and June are peak seasons for...

Collaborations / Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Saskatchewan / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2021-01-21

Why did the moose drink the water? Death at a prairie dugout.

In late September of 2020, three moose were reported dead in a dugout in rural Saskatchewan. The moose had been seen alive in the area two days prior by the renter of the land....

Birds / Diagnostic Highlights / Saskatchewan / Surveillance / Trauma / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-11-02

Bird Strikes and the Discovery of an Unusual Vireo: The Perils and Insights of Fall Migration

By now, fall migration has largely wrapped up in the Western/Northern region. Migration presents a host of dangers as birds run the gauntlet from their Canadian breeding grounds to their wintering grounds in the...

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Pathology Notes / Saskatchewan / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-07-17

Beware the porcupine! A case of misadventure in a young mountain lion.

CWHC Western/Northern recently received the carcass of a juvenile mountain lion from southwest Saskatchewan that fell ill after eating a porcupine, quills and all. The cub was euthanized after it was found not moving...

News & Announcements / Saskatchewan / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-05-25

Welcome back Morgan!

This year the CWHC Western Northern has a returning summer student, Morgan Kelley, assisting with a variety of projects, including avian influenza and moose population studies in Western Canada. After working for the CWHC...

National / National Office / News & Announcements / Saskatchewan / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-01-17

Old Friends, New Challenges!

Erin Moffatt and I have worked together on and off for 15 years! Wow, time flies! I first met Erin when she worked on our chronic wasting disease (CWD) hunter surveillance program in Western...

CWD / News & Announcements / Saskatchewan / Students / Teaching/Training / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2019-05-14

Summer Students – Part 3

The Western/Northern region is excited to welcome two summer students to our crew: Jorn Schumann is a toxicology student who is excited to spend time doing field work and to learn more about the disease...

Education / Parasites / Research / Saskatchewan / Students / Surveillance / Teaching/Training / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2019-03-05

A Survey for Echinococcus in Saskatchewan Coyotes

We might be the only people in Canada happy to have a cold February. As in “high of -20 C” cold, for weeks on end. That’s because we received a trailer full of 200...

Alberta / Birds / Citizen Science / National / News & Announcements / Saskatchewan / Surveillance / Website Rotator

2018-02-28

Suspect Cases of Scaly-Leg in Pine Grosbeaks

Recently, pine grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator) exhibiting a clinical presentation consistent with that of scaly-leg disease have been captured at banding stations in Saskatchewan and Alberta. No previous instances of pine grosbeaks diagnosed with scaly-leg...

Category: Saskatchewan

Ticks the season…..

Why did the moose drink the water? Death at a prairie dugout.

Bird Strikes and the Discovery of an Unusual Vireo: The Perils and Insights of Fall Migration

Beware the porcupine! A case of misadventure in a young mountain lion.

Welcome back Morgan!

Old Friends, New Challenges!

Summer Students – Part 3

A Survey for Echinococcus in Saskatchewan Coyotes

Suspect Cases of Scaly-Leg in Pine Grosbeaks

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