CWHC Rebranded Day 1: Introduction to the Gray Jay
The Gray Jay is a member of the Corvidae family (crows and jays) found across most of Canada. Known as…
New CWHC graduate student to study wildlife health
The CWHC would like to welcome Julie Wittrock to the team. Julie is a PhD student supervised by our executive…
The hunt is on! The CWHC BC tries to find the source of the H5N2 avian influenza virus
British Columbia is continuing the investigation and management of an outbreak of highly-pathogenic avian influenza (AI) in the Fraser Valley,…
Congratulations to Stefano Liccioli for successfully defending his PhD thesis
On Dec 17, 2014, Dr. Stefano Liccioli successfully defended his PhD thesis on “The transmission ecology of Echinococcus multilocularis in…
Congratulations to Dr. Todd Shury
The CWHC would like to congratulate Dr. Todd Shury on the successful completion of his PhD earlier this month. Todd…
Identification of a Novel Herpesvirus in St. Lawrence Beluga
A recently published paper, co-authored by Stéphane Lair (CWHC – Quebec), is reporting a novel Herpesvirus in St. Lawrence Beluga.…
Disease Assessment in Wild Turkeys in Ontario
Since being reintroduced in 1984, the number of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) living in and harvested from Ontario has increased.…
Congratulations to Dr. Pauline Delnatte
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Pauline Delnatte, currently staff veterinarian at CWHC Quebec Regional Centre, recently obtained the…
University of Saskatchewan Students do Wildlife Necropsies!
On November 5th the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Western Northern Region, in partnership with the local student chapter of…
Arctic BioMap: A Community-specific Database to Track Wildlife Biodiversity, Disease, and Environmental Change
Arctic BioMap is a data platform being designed for citizen science/community-based Arctic change tracking program for assessment, research, management, and…