Table of Contents

Map and contact information, AHL-Guelph Lab [1]

Map and contact information, AHL-Kemptville Lab [2]

Professional staff [3]

General information - Vision and Mission statements for Laboratory Services Division [4]

Services not offered at the Animal Health Laboratory [5]

AHL client communications and the veterinarian-client-patient relationship [6]

Disclosure of results, Demographics, Premises identification (PID) [7]

TAT, Telephone and on-line result enquiries, Ownership of materials [8]

AHL Standard Terms and Conditions [9]

Client Services @ the Animal Health Laboratory [10]

Zoonotic diseases, Federally reportable diseases [11]

Ontario provincially notifiable hazards, immediately notifiable hazards [12]

Antimicrobial residue information, Poison information centers, Adverse reactions [13]

Ontario Animal Health Network (OAHN) [14]

Disease investigations

The following species specific and syndromic submission guidelines are provided to guide practitioners when sampling field and clinic postmortem cases. Additional information on conducting field and clinic postmortems is provided in these AHL LabNotes:

LabNote 2 - Tips for practitioners for field postmortems [15] and Labnote 34 - Field and clinic postmortems:  Simplified protocol and image list – Field and clinic postmortems. [16]

Abortion [17]

Diarrhea [18]

Neurologic disease [19]

Respiratory disease [20]

Skin disease and neoplasia [21]

Unexpected death [22]

Fish, exotic, zoo, pocket pet, reptile, amphibian testing at the AHL [23]

Bees [24]

IHC (immunohistochemistry) [25]

PCR, genotyping, sequencing by species offered by the AHL [26]

Toxicology [27]

Sample collection for suspected toxicology cases: [28]

A. Tissue mineral panels [29]

B. Serum/plasma/blood mineral panels [30]

Clinical pathology section:

Hepatic disease [31]

Renal disease [32]

Hyperadrenocorticism [33]

Equine Endocrine testing [34]

Feline hyperthyroidism [35]

Canine hypothyroidism [36]

Guide to interpretation of AHL biochemistry profiles [37]

Clinical Pathology reference intervals

Reference intervals for cavity fluids, Fluid Cytology, CSF [38]

Biochemistry reference intervals [39]

Hematology reference intervals [40]

Serum progesterone in various species [41]

Billing Information:

Available to clients that have logged into the website, to register for access to the AHL website billing section click here [42]

Billing and fees, Case definition for billing purposes [43]

Reporting, billing, invoicing [44]

External Laboratories [45]

Examples of approximate charges on AHL postmortem cases, Fee Schedule companion/food animal (pdf) using May 1 2024 fees [46]