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…
Help Stop the Spread: Mycoplasmosis in Backyard Songbirds
At the end of December 2025, we began receiving reports from a wildlife rehabilitator in Ottawa, ON regarding numerous sick…
Coexisting with bats: understanding pet predation, rabies risk, exclusion from homes and more
Now that spring is upon us, bats have started to emerge from hibernation or migrate back north, and some people…
The end of an era? Discontinuation of the Canadian National Bat Health Program
The Canadian National Bat Health Program, coordinated by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC), received its funding since its inception…
Winter Kill – Winter Fish Mortality at Lacs des Fauvel
A large number of carcasses of northern pike and sunfish were observed in mid-March under the ice of the Lacs…
Canadian Bat Handling and Welfare Monograph Published
In January 2026, “Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Surveys in Canada” was published open source as the first monograph…
It Takes a Village: A Community Effort for Wildlife Health
When the first highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak occurred in Ontario in March 2022, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC)…