Tagged: Necropsy

Atlantic / Collaborations / Northern Canada / Visiting Professionals / Website Rotator

2017-11-20

Welcoming a Visiting Collaborator

Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust, Director of CWHC-Atlantic, and his colleague, James Simonee, Inuk hunter in Pond Inlet, NU, are continuing their sampling work on determinants of health in ringed seals of Eclipse Sound, NU. Pierre-Yves...

British Columbia / Surveillance / Teaching/Training / UCVM Wildlife Rotation / Website Rotator

2017-11-14

Two Weeks as a Fourth Year UCVM Student

The University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) fourth year program uses a distributed veterinary learning community model. With this model, the students have the opportunity to spend time with, and learn from...

Atlantic / Collaborations / Quebec / Trauma / Whales

2017-10-20

North Atlantic Right Whale Mortality Event in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

During the summer and early fall of 2017 an unprecedented mortality event occurred involving North Atlantic right whales (NARW; Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL). Between June and September, 12 NARWs...

Alberta / Education / Students / UCVM Wildlife Rotation

2017-10-16

Wildlife Rotation Kick Off

Fourth year veterinary students get a wilder perspective on veterinary pathology On October 3 2017, fourth year veterinary students at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) spent a less glamorous day...

Atlantic / Collaborations / Notes from the Field / Students

2017-05-23

CWHC-Atlantic Performs Blue Whale Necropsy

A Blue Whale was found dead, afloat near Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland on March 17, 2017. On May 2nd, it washed ashore in East Berlin near Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The newest member of CWHC-Atlantic , Wildlife...

Notes from the Field / Quebec

2017-05-15

CWHC-Québec Performs Necropsy and Collects Skeleton from Stranded Humpback

CWHC-Québec performs a necropsy on a humpback whale found stranded in Godbout, Québec A drifting carcass of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was reported to the Réseau québécois d’urgences pour les mammifères marins...

British Columbia / Diagnostic Highlights

2017-04-10

A Bighorn Sheep in Baaaaaaa-d Condition

Bighorn Acting Sheepish In early February 2017 a conservation officer in southeastern British Columbia came across an adult female bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis). She appeared lethargic and ill. Not wanting to disturb her unnecessarily...

Atlantic / Students / Teaching/Training

2017-03-27

Oh Deer! Wildlife Conservation Students get their Hands Dirty During CWHC Atlantic’s Annual Necropsy Course

On February 28, 2017, CWHC Atlantic hosted its annual white-tailed deer necropsy wet lab, for students enrolled in the Wildlife Conservation Technology program at Holland College, Prince Edward Island. CWHC members conducting this lab...