Migrating Porcupine Quills: Sudden Death of a Yearling American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Florence Coderre; Giselle Kalnins; Rebecca Egan; Sherri Cox

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-23-00029

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Florence Coderre,¹ Giselle Kalnins,² Rebecca Egan,³ Sherri Cox^4,5,*

¹Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, 3200 Sicotte St., Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2, Canada
²Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd., Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
³Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, 419 Gordon St., Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
⁴Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd., Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
⁵National Wildlife Centre, PO Box 192, Caledon East, Ontario L7C 3L9, Canada

^*Corresponding author (email: coxs@uoguelph.ca)

Abstract

A yearling, intact, apparently healthy male American black bear (Ursus americanus) died peracutely at a rehabilitation facility in Ontario, Canada while overwintering, after recovery from porcupine quilling a few months previously. The postmortem examination findings support that porcupine quill migration should be a differential for cause of sudden death in wildlife.

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Florence Coderre, Giselle Kalnins, Rebecca Egan, and Sherri Cox "Migrating Porcupine Quills: Sudden Death of a Yearling American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 60(1), 216-218, (12 January 2024). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00029

Received: 23 February 2023; Accepted: 4 July 2023; Published: 12 January 2024

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