News

Our December 2016 Newsletter is online, please find it in our Publications section.

AHL has just finished participating in a trial with CFIA and GlobalVetLink (EquusLink), and was the pilot laboratory in Canada for this exciting new service. We thank the CFIA for taking up this initiative.

Learn more at EquusLINK

Advantages of this product include:

Does your clinic do in-house bovine lab testing? AHL is currently offering any clinic in Ontario performing bovine in-house lab work (specifically milk bacteriology) an in-person consultation to review quality assurance practices within your clinic, and testing of split milk samples to strengthen your in-clinic testing.  This service is provided at no charge to the clinic until summer of 2017, and is funded through the Ontario Disease Surveillance Program (DSP).  Take advantage of this excellent service today but contacting Josie Given at 54320 or jgiven@uoguelph.ca.

AHL  will be performing important security maintenance on the Labvantage Server Monday September 5th from 6:00am to 8:00am.

Remote access to our Labvantage LIMS will be unavailable during this time.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Have a great Labour Day weekend!

Jim Fairles

Client Services Veterinarian 

Honey bee pathogens detection at the AHL is now accredited

The Animal Health Laboratory (AHL) of Laboratory Services (LS), University of Guelph is

accredited for veterinary laboratory testing techniques (flexible scope) as listed on LS’ SCC

scope of accreditation http://palcan.scc.ca/specs/pdf/826_e.pdf.

Our September 2016 newsletter is now available online. Please find it in our Publications section. 

"The Ontario Animal Health Network is starting a listserv for veterinarians who practice on, or wish to receive information on small flock poultry.  Veterinarians will receive pertinent notifications on disease outbreaks, small flock resources, and a forum to discuss small flock issues.

To our valued clients,

Due to the possibility of a Canada Post strike Purolator is currently advising that they cannot guarantee express/next day delivery.   We are recommending that until the Canada Post issue is resolved, non-urgent cases be shipped Monday-Wednesday to avoid the possibility of specimens being held up over the weekend.   Weather is also a factor, and with the increased temperatures this week we are advising that you include extra ice packs to avoid any over-heating/spoiling of specimens. 

June 13, 2016

AHL has traditionally offered a prepaid overnight courier service for Ontario clients through Purolator Courier. The good news! This is NOT changing. The method that is used to do this however IS changing.