The WildTech Project: At the cutting edge of disease diagnostic technology
Imagine that you are a wildlife veterinarian and that you have been called in to deal with a large die-off…
2012 ASFWB Meeting hosted by CCWHC
The CCWHC Atlantic was honored to be the hosting organization of the 49th annual meeting of the Atlantic Society of…
Mysterious Bluefin Tuna Deaths washing up on the shorelines of Atlantic Canada
In each of the past 3 years the Atlantic regional node of the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) in…
CCWHC Graduate Student Researches Parasites of Free-Ranging Lemurs in Madagascar.
The 2012 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment qualified the lemurs of Madagascar as the most…
Beluga whale observed in Montreal: 400km upstream of normal range
The presence of a beluga in the Montreal harbour was finally confirmed by photographic documentation. Several reports of people sighting…
CCWHC 2011-2012 Annual Report Now Available
The 2011-2012 Annual Report for the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) is now available online. To request hard copies…
The unpredictable occurrence of Type E botulism in the lower Great Lakes
Although Type E botulism was first recognized as a cause of mortality in fish-eating birds following significant die-offs of common…
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease: Near but not yet here in Ontario
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) is a viral disease of white-tailed deer, transmitted to them by biting midges. It is a…
Suspected cat predation of a northern flicker
This summer a juvenile male yellow-shafted northern flicker was found on a sidewalk in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, injured and unable to…
Ontario research on the blacklegged tick and Lyme disease
During the autumn months, the risk of encountering a blacklegged tick in eastern North America increases. Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis),…