In this issue
Animal Health Lab User’s Guide and Fee Schedule – May 1, 2021
Staff highlights: Whole genome sequencing (WGS) at AHL
Update on submission of live animals for postmortem
Changes in AHL Histopathology charging parameters for 2021/2022
Ruminants
Congenital disproportionate dwarfism in a beef calf
Congenital BVDV type 1 infection in a group of lambs: a shaky situation
Swine
Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) results at the AHL, 2018-2021
CanSpot ASF surveillance testing – reminder for swine veterinarians
Avian/fur/exotic
Disseminated idiopathic myofasciitis in a ferret
Baylisascaris-associated neural larval migrans in a group of juvenile Red-necked wallabies
Equine
Spotlight on equine hemangiosarcoma
Squamous cell carcinoma in the hoof of a horse
Companion animals
Acetaminophen intoxication in a dog
Flow cytometry confirmation of canine histiocytic sarcoma
Disseminated mycobacteriosis in a Siberian cat (Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis)
AHL Newsletter
June 2021 - Volume 25, Number 2 ISSN 1481-7179
Editor: Maria Spinato, DVM, DVSc, MBA, Diplomate ACVP
Editorial Assistant: Helen Oliver
The AHL Newsletter is published quarterly (March, June, September, December) by the Animal Health Laboratory, Laboratory Services Division, University of Guelph.
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