Category: Western/Northern

Website Rotator / West Nile Virus / Western/Northern

2023-07-28

West Nile virus detected in Saskatchewan wild birds

CWHC Western/Northern has detected West Nile virus in six dead wild birds from Saskatoon and Outlook, Saskatchewan. The first of these, an American Crow, was found sick in early July in a Saskatoon neighborhood....

Bats / Collaborations / News & Announcements / Website Rotator / Western/Northern / White Nose Syndrome

2021-07-20

Confirmed Case of White Nose Syndrome in Northern Manitoba

White Nose Syndrome (WNS) – a fatal fungal infection of bats – has been confirmed in four Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) found near Cranberry Portage, Manitoba. This it the furthest northern and western...

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

2021-06-02

More new faces…

Hi! My name is Erynn Buhr and I’m working with CWHC Western/Northern in Saskatoon, SK this summer. I just completed my first year of the DVM program at WCVM, I’m interested in pathology and...

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...

News & Announcements / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-05-19

Introducing Katelyn Luff – Wildlife Biologist, CWHC Western/Northern

Katelyn Luff has recently joined the CWHC Western Northern as a Wildlife Biologist. Her work will include participating in ongoing projects such as Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance, and Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) monitoring....

Diagnostic Highlights / Mammals / Parasites / Surveillance / Uncategorized / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-01-27

Trichinella infection, and other findings, in a grizzly bear autopsy.

In the summer of 2019 I received some preserved tissue samples from a grizzly bear that had been caught in a wolf neck-snare and was subsequently shot. Inadvertent snaring of non-target wildlife species is...

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...

Category: Western/Northern

West Nile virus detected in Saskatchewan wild birds

Confirmed Case of White Nose Syndrome in Northern Manitoba

More new faces…

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!

Introducing Katelyn Luff – Wildlife Biologist, CWHC Western/Northern

Trichinella infection, and other findings, in a grizzly bear autopsy.

Old Friends, New Challenges!

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