Rabies in two big brown bats in Saskatchewan
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC), Western and Northern Region, recently had two interesting big brown bat submissions. One bat…
What It’s Like to Be a Bird – Book Review.
Bird Sense: What It’s Like to Be a Bird by Tim Birkhead Bloomsbury. 2012. 265 pp. $16.00 (paperback) ISBN 978…
4th Workshop for Canada’s Wildlife Health Professionals
Registration is now open for the 4th Workshop for Canada’s Wildlife Health Professionals. The workshop will be held in Québec…
Cause of grey seal die-off identified
In March 2012, we reported a mortality event of young grey seals off the coast of Nova Scotia that members…
Investigation of bird and fish mortalities at Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
In mid-July, 2013 Alberta Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) received a phone call from Parks Canada Wood Buffalo National Park…
Update on the 2013/14 Canadian WNS Surveillance Season
Our Canadian 2013-14 white-nose syndrome (WNS) surveillance season began on November 1, 2013, and unfortunately, things in the Atlantic Region…
Avian Conservation and Ecology – New Issue Announcement
The latest issue of Avian Conservation and Ecology includes the closure of the Special Feature titled “Quantifying Human-related Mortality of…
Review of roundworms in free ranging raccoons in British Columbia
Over the period of January 2012 to January 2014, 17 raccoons were submitted to the Animal Health Centre in Abbotsford,…
Learning about Leatherbacks
“The leatherback turtle is a magnificent creature found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. This ancient species swam with…
Snowy Owls head south this winter
Snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus) will often come south in unpredictable invasions known as ‘irruptions.’ It’s mostly about food and babies,…