Rudolph’s Ugly Cousin: The Northern Advance of White-Nose Syndrome
How long does it take a fungus to travel 3,210 km on the back of a bat? For the fungus…
New veterinary resident associated with CWHC – Quebec
We are pleased to announce that Megan Freedman has just started a residency program in zoological medicine at the Faculté…
What’s the Rattus status? Why cities need to monitor rats before and after they intervene
Rats are a public health issue, but we are not monitoring them like one Public health has long understood that…
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative Partner Portal
The CWHC’s Partner Portal has been a key strategic goal within the National Office for over a decade now and…
Update on the re-emergence of Raccoon Rabies in Southern Quebec
Since December 2024, a total of 159 cases of raccoon rabies have been confirmed in Quebec. The re-emergence of this…
Student Article: Power Line Electrocution of Raptors
The Western/Northern Regional Centre of the CWHC is part of the Department of Veterinary Pathology at the Western College of…
Partnership in Practice: A Multi-Disciplinary Response to HPAI
Many wildlife health issues, including avian influenza, also impact humans and other animals. Traditional research approaches are often ineffective at…
Supporting Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Health Through Collaboration and Citizen Science
This spring, a collaborative necropsy workshop brought together partners from across Alberta to strengthen field-based monitoring of bighorn sheep populations.…
Demonstration of Neospora caninum in stranded marine mammals within the eastern Pacific
Since the original detection of the protozoa Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona in stranded marine mammals with varying degrees of…
Vertebral deformities in St. Lawrence belugas: The examination of two carcasses paves the way for further investigations
Two female belugas with marked spinal deformities recently washed ashore on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Although this…