The river otter: A biological monitor for environmental contamination in Victoria Harbour
In collaboration with Environment Canada and the BC Ministry Environment, UBC graduate student, Cait Nelson, investigated contaminant exposure in coastal…
Follow a scientist tracking White Nose Syndrome of bats
Since 2007 White-nose Syndrome (WNS) has been associated with the death of millions of cave bats (especially Little Brown Bats,…
CCWHC graduate student studying disease of Canadian crows
Anil W. Kalupahana is a PhD student originally from Sri Lanka. He began his research at the Atlantic Veterinary College…
Skin lesions on smallmouth bass in the Saint Lawrence river, Québec.
Over the years, smallmouth bass have become a very prized trophy amongst recreational fishermen in the Lac St-François area of…
Wildlife at the annual meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Pathology is a key scientific discipline at the CCWHC. Direct examination of wild animal specimens remains our biggest and best…
Food safety of hunter-killed wildlife
Late autumn is hunting season with white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose being the species commonly hunted in Canada.…
Ecological Concern; Diagnostic Challenge: Secondary Rodenticide Toxicity in Predatory Birds
In late April, 2012, an American kestrel found on the railway line was submitted by the local municipality to Western/Northern…
Chronic wasting disease on the Canadian prairies.
Chronic wasting disease in cervids continues to spread slowly across North America including the Canadian Prairie Provinces. The disease is…
Mute swan deaths in St. Catharines caused by enteric parasite
On 10 November, 2012 14 mute swans were found dead in Martindale Pond, which lies just south of Lake Ontario…