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We are the British Columbia node of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (@cwhcrcsf) dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of wildlife and people

Joined October 2020
What health risks do urban #rats pose to people? How might pest control impact those risks? How could rat movement determine where the disease-causing bacteria carried by rats are found? What can this teach us about managing rats? Learn more in this video about our findings
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#SciComm Vancouver Rat Project Phase 2 Summary youtu.be/FPNuTqCeyF8 via @YouTube
Our new @VanRatProject study in collaboration with @HillLabSask revealed that #Vancouver rats and their fleas carry multiple species of Bartonella bacteria frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
New two part series on #rats from @cbcideas features work from the @cwhc_bc #VanRatProject.
For more on the contributions rats have made to humanity and how they became to be known as cultural villains, read this: cbc.ca/1.5776900 (includes audio for part one in this series) @mlynk @rodentologist @MichaelGVann @visualplague @kaylee_byers @nataliekofler
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