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Is it tuberculosis?! Differential diagnoses for caseous lung lesions in deer
As a wildlife pathologist, probably the last thing you want to see when you open the chest cavity of a…
Understanding WNS resistance mechanisms in big brown bats
Every winter, many of Canada’s insect-eating bats perform a nearly unbelievable feat of endurance – survival without eating for up…
Bat research in Waterton Lakes National Park
The Kenow Wildfire occurred in Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP) in southwestern Alberta in September 2017. The wildfire, started by…
The Yukon is a tough place to be a bat
The winters are long, cold, and dry, while summers are brief and cool. Yukon experiences “midnight sun” during summer, which…
Sunfish Ashore in PEI
Last November (2019), The CWHC was informed that a very unusual fish had washed up on the red shores of…
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…
National
National Office
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Saskatchewan
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Western/Northern
Old Friends, New Challenges!
Erin Moffatt and I have worked together on and off for 15 years! Wow, time flies! I first met Erin…
Stéphane Lair and Miriam Poirier at the World Marine Mammals Conference
Stéphane Lair et Miriam Poirier à la “World Marine Mammals Conference” qui a eu lieu à Barcelone le mois dernier.…
CWHC performs necropsy on rare whale at AVC
On December 11, pathologists, students, and staff from the CWHC and AVC performed a necropsy on a rare Cuvier’s Beaked…
Caribou
Collaborations
Education
Northern Canada
Ontario/Nunavut
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Workshops
Caribou workshop in Arviat, Nunavut
If you had told me three years ago that I’d be spending a week in Nunavut educating school groups, members…