Tagged: research

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...

Bat Week / Research / Western/Northern

2017-10-24

Bat Week 2017: Insights into Bat Health Research

It’s bat week, Oct 24-31, and we at the CWHC Western/Northern would like to share some of our bat-ventures that have taken place in Saskatoon, SK over the summer. Investigators were trapping big brown...

Collaborations

2017-02-13

Researchers Boar into the Ecology and Health of Wild Pigs

Introducing Invasive Wild Pigs The Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) is native to Europe and Asia; however their range has vastly expanded across the world through human translocation. This is a highly successful invasive...

Scientists Complete Global Inventory of Flu Strains in Birds

Avian Influenza / International / National / News & Announcements / Publications

2014-03-13

Scientists Complete Global Inventory of Flu Strains in Birds

A group of international scientists have completed the first global inventory of flu strains in birds by reviewing more than 50 published studies and genetic data, providing new insight into the drivers of viral diversity...

External

2013-11-14

Room for wildlife and their worms?

Article by Dr. Emily Jenkins, veterinarian and Associate Professor, Veterinary Public Health, University of Saskatchewan Am I the worst thing that could happen to wildlife? I am a veterinarian – sworn to protect animal health...

What’s on the menu?: Examining parasites to determine the diet of wolves.

Alberta

2013-09-18

What’s on the menu?: Examining parasites to determine the diet of wolves.

Wolves are the final hosts for many parasites that are transmitted through the food web. Thus, determining the diversity of parasites in wolves can provide insights into predator – prey relationships. Over the summer,...

Alberta

2013-08-01

Rangifer Anatomy Project

Caribou and reindeer (Rangifer) are keystone species in the circumpolar north and are critical for the maintenance of healthy northern ecosystems. Many Arctic communities and indigenous culture continue to depend on caribou and reindeer...

British Columbia

2013-07-10

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...

Leptospirosis in urban Rats – new findings from the Vancouver Rat Project

British Columbia

2013-06-27

Leptospirosis in urban Rats – new findings from the Vancouver Rat Project

The Vancouver Rat Project continues to produce new information of importance to public health and wildlife ecology. This project is led by Dr. Chelsea Himsworth, the CCWHC‘s program coordinator in British Columbia. This video,...

Range expansion of the winter tick into Northwest Territories, Canada

Alberta

2013-06-11

Range expansion of the winter tick into Northwest Territories, Canada

The winter tick, Dermacentor albipictus, is an important parasite of moose, white-tailed deer, elk and woodland caribou. Among these, moose are the most commonly and the most severely affected with individuals reported to host...

Tagged: research

Welcoming a Visiting Collaborator

Bat Week 2017: Insights into Bat Health Research

Researchers Boar into the Ecology and Health of Wild Pigs

Scientists Complete Global Inventory of Flu Strains in Birds

Room for wildlife and their worms?

What’s on the menu?: Examining parasites to determine the diet of wolves.

Rangifer Anatomy Project

West Nile bird vaccine developed at UBC

Leptospirosis in urban Rats – new findings from the Vancouver Rat Project

Range expansion of the winter tick into Northwest Territories, Canada

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