Healthy Wildlife

The blog of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative

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EHD detected in White-tailed Deer in Alberta 0

Alberta

EHD detected in White-tailed Deer in Alberta

 Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) virus was identified in a white-tailed deer found dead in southern Alberta south of Foremost ~30km north of the U.S. border on September 16, 2013.  At least 50 other deer and three antelope were found dead in...

West Nile bird vaccine developed at UBC 0

British Columbia

West Nile bird vaccine developed at UBC

Article re-posted from CBCNews.ca Researchers at the University of British Columbia have synthesized a vaccine that may prevent the spread of West Nile virus in birds, a development that could help protect some vulnerable...